The number of veterans who were contacted/not contacted by the Veterans Information Service in 2012 and 2013 is:<\/p>
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| <\/td> | 20121<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 20132<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Contacted<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19,445<\/p><\/td> 6,178<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Not Contacted<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3,544<\/p><\/td> 951<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> 1. From May 2012 until December 2012.<\/p> 2. From January 2013 until March 2013. (Contact is initiated one year after discharge.)<\/p> <\/p> This information is not available by year prior to May 2012. However, I can confirm that 56,653 veterans discharged between 1 September 2009 and 30 April 2012 have been contacted and 5,996 have not.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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