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The American Institute of Physics has regularly reported information about physics and astronomy graduate students since 1968. In more recent years the survey has shifted to focus on first-year graduate students, with a survey of the full population of graduate students every few years. This report covers surveys of first-year students for the academic years ending in 2002 and 2003. Response rates for the known population were 48% and 46% respectively. Almost 90% of the responses were collected electronically. Differences in response rates by citizenship were minimal. (Contains 10 tables and 6 figures.)