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ASC_NTS.DOC File for Quarterly Data Extract from the ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM (AERS) Revised March 8, 2006 IMPORTANT: The latest changes to the extract and to this document are bolded throughout the text. For a summary of the latest changes, please refer to the Revision History section. TABLE OF CONTENTS A. INTRODUCTION B. FILE DESCRIPTIONS C. DATA ELEMENT DESCRIPTIONS D. DATA ELEMENT CONTENTS AND MAXIMUM LENGTHS E. END NOTES F. REVISION HISTORY A. INTRODUCTION The ASCII data files are $ delimited; that is, a $ is used to separate the data fields. These files can be