Boring update

 After updating my old data about the contibution factor yesterday, I decided to update my table of dates showing how long the first approval takes, which I haven't updated since 2019. Here it is: 

FY	Window close	Days passed	PIA approved	Days passed	First FCDL	Total days	Millions	Appli-cations
2025	3/26/2025	0	3/26/2025	31	4/26/2025	31	$981	19,825
2024	3/27/2024	-8	3/19/2024	39	4/27/2024	31	$972	21,978
2023	3/28/2023	0	3/28/2023	32	4/29/2023	32	$1,040	22,744
2022	3/22/2022	1	3/23/2022	33	4/25/2022	34	$1,190	24,099
2021	3/25/2021	0	3/25/2021	22	4/16/2021	22	$681	18,375
2020	4/29/2020	1	4/30/2020	9	5/9/2020	10	$681	20,299
2019	3/27/2019	0	3/27/2019	31	4/27/2019	31	$530	18,515
2018	3/22/2018	50	5/11/2018	-21	4/20/2018	29	$501	15,033
2017	5/11/2017	5	5/16/2017	10	5/26/2017	15	$47	4,919
2016	5/26/2016	14	6/9/2016	7	6/16/2016	21	$18	2,251
2015	4/16/2015	-27	3/20/2015	62	5/21/2015	35	$151	7,100
2014	3/26/2014	-19	3/7/2014	69	5/15/2014	50	$607	14,600
2013	3/14/2013	57	5/10/2013	19	5/29/2013	76	$130	12,023
2012	3/20/2012	35	4/24/2012	77	7/10/2012	112	$646	23,800
2011	3/24/2011	75	6/7/2011	19	6/26/2011	94	$398	18,500
2010	2/11/2010	91	5/13/2010	13	5/26/2010	104	$429	18,200
2009	2/12/2009	49	4/2/2009	26	4/28/2009	75	$134	6,931
2008	2/7/2008	63	4/10/2008	21	5/1/2008	84	$352	10,000
2007	2/8/2007				4/23/2007	74	$202	21,000
2006	2/16/2006				4/26/2006	69	$184	4,880
2005	2/17/2005				6/27/2005	130	$342	7,700
2004	2/4/2004				4/27/2004	83	$43
2003	1/16/2003				5/1/2003	105	$230
2002	1/17/2002				4/24/2002	97	$233	9,300
2001	1/18/2001				7/23/2001	186	$478
2000	1/19/2000				4/14/2000	86	$253	13,000
1999	3/11/1999				7/13/1999	124	$116	6,000
1998					11/23/1998		$73	3,000

Kinda looks like I shouldn't have bothered. Since 2019, it's been dependably boring. Except for COVID, the window has always ended in the fourth week of March, the FCC has approved the PIA procedures on or around the window close date, and the first wave has come out at the end of April.

The number of applications approved and the total amount approved in the first wave peaked in 2022, but it's stayed close to 20,000 applications and a $billion.