I don't mean to be rude EB 747, but how do you know that there was approx. 3000 applicants being assessed across the FTOs?
The 240 figure came from a post in this forum after the applicant discussed it with one of the FTE employees when he/she was doing the assessments.
The 3000 figure does seem a bit startling, but I think that is more to do with CTC and OAA just inviting people forward with the required qualifications and probably half-decent essay questions (no offence to those who got invited, you all did well to get invited in the first place), while FTE looked at the essay responses more vigorously I guess.