In compliance with section 951 of Public Law 94-63, this first annual report presents and analyzes information on the supply and distribution of nursing personnel. The report is organized into three parts. Part I presents data on the projections of supply, distribution, and requirements of nursing personnel. Also included in this section is a discussion of nurse practitioners. Part II represents a description of the data appearing in the latest studies which are of particular importance in the determination of nursing resources and requirements. The findings are presented in the following broad categories: the total nursing group, including those active and inactive and if active, those on a full- or part-time basis; the employment distribution of nursing personnel including data currently available on nurses in specialized areas; the number of nurses with advanced training or graduate degrees; average compensation of nursing personnel; foreign-trained nurses; and registered nurses with minority backgrounds. Part III summarizes the findings about the nursing personnel in the United States. Appended information includes methodological approaches to the area of requirement determination and tables of data related to part II of the report. (JH)