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• Media<br />

Early application deadlines caused some<br />

problems in the press category and led to<br />

many changes just prior to Games-time. In all,<br />

15% of the applications registered were cancelled<br />

due to last-minute changes in personnel.<br />

This situation also occurred at previous<br />

Games, and the timing of the accreditation<br />

procedure for the press should proceed with<br />

this in mind.<br />

For Rights Holders, numbers accredited in<br />

the RT category increased significantly: for<br />

example, CBS brought 200 more personnel<br />

than they sent to Lillehammer.<br />

• NAOC and ORTO’98<br />

A total of 42,817 people were registered in<br />

the NAOC category. The Self-Defense Forces<br />

and competition officials accounted for 7,348<br />

participants, and they were required to submit<br />

application forms. Information on the remaining<br />

35,469 people was gathered from the<br />

Games Staffing System. A total of 3,079 people<br />

from ORTO’98 were accredited in subsections<br />

corresponding to the RT category<br />

(ORTa, ORTb, ORTc).<br />

• Sponsors / Vendors<br />

Most of the Sponsors and vendors working<br />

at the venues were accredited in the “P” category.<br />

A total of 17,668 people were accredited<br />

in this category, including 3,571 participants<br />

from Worldwide Partners, and 3,159 from<br />

Gold Sponsors.<br />

A total of 2,091 cards were issued to NTT<br />

alone for staff carrying out maintenance<br />

checks on telecommunications systems.<br />

The number of accreditation cards issued to<br />

operations staff increased significantly over<br />

the Lillehammer Games. This was due to the<br />

increase in the number of competitions and<br />

venues, and the fact that many volunteers<br />

could only work for a short period of time,<br />

meaning a greater turnover of staff than at<br />

previous Olympic Games.<br />

Calm atmosphere at<br />

the Main Accreditation<br />

Centre (MAC)<br />

Accreditation staff<br />

greeted visitors with a<br />

smile.<br />

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