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Take a look at the Journeyman numbers

These numbers represent the journeymen who have gone overseas throughout the years. The decade is in the left column. The whole program started in 1965 with 47 journeymen sent out.

Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1960
47
48
54
69
60
1970
56
55
59
71
74
79
96
100
101
123
1980
130
82
99
117
64
109
99
114
103
78
1990
95
48
52
92
81
99
99
130
200
204
2000
216
268
235
176
138
159
188

The combined total ISC/Journeyman/Masters count each year since the beginning of the ISC program in 1990.

 

 

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