The November 2009 board examination has recorded the most number of nursing graduates examinees for the past years.

According to Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, one of the members of the Professional regulation Commission board of Nursing, a total of 95,282 nursing graduates have taken the examination last November 29-30.

The number is an “all-time high” in the history of the exams, said Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.

Another 51 with “conditioned” status are also scheduled to take the exams for failing in some of the five subjects in past exams, he added.

The biggest number of examinees comes from Metro Manila (40,621 first-timers, 33 conditioned); Baguio (14,102 first-timers, 7 conditioned); Cebu (8,899 first-timers, 5 conditioned); Cagayan De Oro (3,045 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Davao (8,143 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Iloilo (6,020); Legaspi (3,070 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Lucena (3,444); Tacloban (1,145); Tuguegarao (2,322 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Zamboanga (1,609); Jolo (166); Pagadian (1,568); Angeles (179); and Butuan (898).

The number of nursing graduates taking the board exam has steadily increased over the years, Sto. Tomas said, citing board figures starting June 2003.

The number of examinees this November surpasses the 88,649 who took the exam November 2008.