1978

This was a landmark year for technical breakthroughs. In fact, in Ron's Journal 30, Mr. Hubbard called it The Year of Lightning Fast New Tech. Just a few of these spectacular new advances are listed below.

New Era Dianetics was released, a refinement of all previous Dianetics techniques combined with new developments to give much faster results and far higher gain per hour of auditing.

In September, a remarkable new OT level was released -- an audited level called New Era Dianetics for OTs (New OT V).

The Sweat program, forerunner of the Purification program, gave new hope to those persistently troubled by the effects of drug residues in their bodies.

The advanced new Hubbard Professional Mark VI E-Meter was released in 1978, making possible much greater metering accuracy than ever before -- and a resulting increase in pc wins and gains.

To give technical training a terrific boost in speed and accuracy, in 1978 LRH wrote scripts for three new technical training films and personally directed six such films. He also directed three new dissemination films to introduce people to Scientology and the Bridge to Total Freedom.

Issues
HCOB 6 Feb RD Rev. 27 Mar 90	The Purification Rundown Replaces the Sweat Program Purif RD Series 1R
HCO PL 23 Feb R Rev. 7 May 84	Board of Review LRH Comm N/W Series 19
HCOB 26 Feb	Internships Versus Courses
HCOB 19 Mar	Quickie Objectives
HCOB 23 Mar RB Rev. 16 Jan 89	Clearing Words Word Clearing Series 59RB
HCOB 27 Mar I	Ethics Penalty for Word Clearers Word Clearing Series 58
HCOB 3 Apr R Rev. 23 Dec 89	TR Debug Assessment
HCOB 26 May I	Dianetics: Urgent Command Change
HCOB 2 Jun RC Rev. 18 Jun 88	Cramming Repair Assessment List Cramming Series 14
HCOB 2 Jun RC-1 Addition of 3 Jul 88	Cramming Repair Assessment List Word List Cramming Series 14-1
HCOB 15 Jun R Rev. 23 Apr 91	"The Key to Expanded Dianetics..." ExDn Series 25
HCOB 18 Jun R Rev. 20 Sep 78	Assessment and How to Get the Item NED Series 4R
HCOB 19 Jun	Objective ARC NED Series 3
HCOB 20 Jun	Identity Rundown NED Series 15
HCOB 21 Jun R Rev. 8 Apr 88	New Era Dianetics NED Series 1R
HCOB 22 Jun RA Rev. 8 Apr 88	New Era Dianetics Full Pc Program Outline NED Series 2RA
HCOB 23 Jun RA Rev. 8 Apr 88	Preclear Checklist NED Series 16RA
HCOB 24 Jun RA Rev. 8 Apr 88	Original Assessment Sheet NED Series 5RA
HCO PL 25 Jun	Come-on Dissemination Marketing Series 6
HCOB 26 Jun RA II Rev. 15 Sep 78	Routine 3RA, Engram Running by Chains NED Series 6RA
HCOB 28 Jun RA Rev. 15 Sep 78	R3RA Commands NED Series 7RA
HCOB 29 Jun	Disability Rundown NED Series 14
HCOB 1 Jul	The Dianetic Prepared Assessment Rundown Action Fifteen NED Series 13
HCOB 2 Jul	Dianetic Student Rescue Intensive NED Series 11
HCOB 3 Jul R Rev. 22 Sep 78	Relief Rundown NED Series 10R
HCOB 4 Jul R Rev. 22 Sep 78	Second Original Assessment NED Series 12R
HCOB 9 Jul RA Rev. 8 Apr 88	Dianetic C/S-1 NED Series 21
HCOB 11 Jul	The Preassessment List NED Series 4-1
HCOB 14 Jul R I Rev. 15 Sep 78	Typical Dianetic Chain NED Series 22
HCOB 14 Jul R II Rev. 15 Sep 78	A Typical Narrative Item NED Series 23
HCOB 15 Jul RA Rev. 10 Mar 84	Scientology Auditing C/S-1
HCOB 19 Jul	Dianetic Persistent F/Ns NED Series 17
HCOB 20 Jul	After the Fact Items NED Series 18
HCO PL 20 Jul	Held From Above, Double-Hatting Org Series 38
HCOB 21 Jul	What Is a Floating Needle?
HCOB 22 Jul	Assessment TRs
HCOB 23 Jul	List of Perceptics C/S Series 101
HCOB 24 Jul	Dianetic Remedies NED Series 24
HCO PL 24 Jul	Subproducts, How to Compile a Subproduct List
HCOB 5 Aug	Instant Reads
HCOB 7 Aug	Havingness, Finding and Running the Pc's Havingness Process
HCOB 9 Aug I	New Era Dianetics, A Requisite for Expanded Dianetics
HCOB 9 Aug II	Clearing Commands Word Clearing Series 52
HCOB 11 Aug I	Rudiments, Definitions and Patter
HCOB 11 Aug II	Model Session
HCO PL 15 Aug	Chinese Schooling an Org Board
HCOB 21 Aug	Running Flows That Won't Erase
HCOB 26 Aug R Rev. 5 Oct 78	More on Drugs
HCOB 3 Sep	Definition of a Rock Slam
HCOB 5 Sep	Anatomy of a Service Facsimile
HCOB 6 Sep I	Following Up on Dirty Needles
HCOB 6 Sep II	Service Facsimiles and Rock Slams
HCOB 6 Sep III	Routine Three SC-A, Full Service Facsimile Handling Updated with New Era Dianetics
HCOB 7 Sep R Rev. 21 Oct 78	Modern Repetitive Prepchecking
HCOB 8 Sep RB Rev. 16 Nov 87	Mini List of Grade 0-IV Processes
HCOB 10 Sep	NED High Crime NED Series 25
HCOB 12 Sep R I Rev. 2 Dec 85	Dianetics Forbidden on Clears and OTs
HCOB 12 Sep II	Overrun by Demanding Earlier Than There Is NED Series 26
HCOB 13 Sep I	R3RA Engram Running by Chains and Narrative R3RA -- An Additional Difference NED Series 27
HCOB 13 Sep II	Clears, OTs and R/Ses
HCO PL 13 Sep	"An Old Poem..."
HCO PL 15 Sep	Confidentiality of Upper-Level Rundowns
HCOB 16 Sep	Postulate Off Equals Erasure NED Series 28
HCOB 19 Sep R I Rev. 31 Jan 79	The End of Endless Drug RDs
HCOB 19 Sep R II Rev. 31 Jan 79	The End of Endless Drug Rundowns
LRH ED 19 Sep	AD 28, The Year of Technical Breakthroughs
New Era Dianetics for OTs (New OT V) Materials	This new, audited OT level was released 15 September 1978. The materials covering New OT V comprise over 60 HCOBs.
Issues
HCOB 20 Sep I	An Instant F/N Is a Read
HCOB 20 Sep II	LX List Handling
HCOB 20 Sep R III Rev. 23 Apr 88	NED Auditor Analysis Checklist NED Series 19R C/S Series 103R
HCOB 24 Sep RB I Rev. 4 Feb 89	The End of Endless Int Repair Rundown Int RD Series 4RB
HCOB 24 Sep II	Preassessment, AESPs and Int Int RD Series 13
HCOB 24 Sep RC III Rev. 18 Dec 88	Dianetic Clear CCRD Series 1R
HCOB 25 Sep R I Rev. 8 Apr 91	Quad Commands for Int Buttons Int RD Series 5R
HCOB 25 Sep R II Rev. 4 Feb 89	Star-rate Checkouts for Interiorization Handling Int RD Series 14R
HCO PL 27 Sep	Examining Resources Data Series 45
LRH ED 28 Sep	The End of Endless Training
HCOB 3 Oct	NED Rule NED Series 29
HCOB 4 Oct	Interiorization Handling Simplified Int RD Series 1
HCOB 16 Oct I	Repair Correction List
HCOB 16 Oct II	C/S Checklist of Int Errors Int RD Series 16 C/S Series 102
HCO PL 20 Oct	Two-Bit FP Finance Series 17
HCO PL 22 Oct	Mistakes Esto Series 44
Hubbard Professional Mark VI E-Meter	The Mark VI E-Meter was released as the first OT meter. The Mark V proved not to be sensitive enough at upper levels -- the Mark VI was more sensitive and it also had a newly designed meter movement.
HCOB 30 Oct R I Rev. 3 Aug 83	Courses -- Their Ideal Scene
HCOB 30 Oct R II Rev. 26 Jul 86	C/S Series 53, Use Of
HCO PL 8 Nov RB Rev. 5 Nov 79	Senior HCOs Area and Continental
HCOB 10 Nov RA I Rev. 26 Jul 86	Proclamation, Power to Forgive
HCO PL 10 Nov II	"Power to Forgive" Certificate
HCOB 15 Nov	Dating and Locating
HCOB 19 Nov	L & N Lists -- The Item "Me"
HCOB 27 Nov RB Rev. 30 Apr 88	Word Clearing Correction List Word Clearing Series 35RI
HCOB 28 Nov	Auditors Who Miss Withholds, Penalty
HCO PL 29 Nov	How You Handle Demands for Personnel Personnel Series 29 AKH Series 37
HCOB 30 Nov R Rev. 10 Nov 87	Confessional Procedure
HCOB 1 Dec RB Rev. 18 Dec 88	Programing of Clears C/S Series 113RA
HCOB 3 Dec	Unreading Flows
HCOB 4 Dec	How to Read Through an F/N
HCOB 5 Dec RB Rev. 18 Dec 88	Clear Data C/S Series 105RB CCRD Series 4R
HCOB 6 Dec	Revivification
HCO PL 6 Dec	Space Planning
HCOB 8 Dec R II Rev. 27 Jun 88	Green Form and Expanded Green Form 40RF, Use Of
HCO PL 10 Dec RA Rev. 4 Feb 91	Gross Book Sales -- Definition
LRH ED 17 Dec	Ron's Journal 30, 1978 -- The Year of Lightning Fast New Tech
HCO PL 28 Dec	Use of Big League Sales
HCOB 29 Dec R Rev. 20 Dec 83	The Suppressed Person Rundown, A Magical New Rundown
HCOB 30 Dec R Rev. 6 Jan 79	Suppressed Person Rundown, Problems Processes
HCOB 31 Dec RA II Rev. 26 Jul 86	Outline of PTS Handling
HCOB 31 Dec RA III Rev. 21 Mar 89	Educating the Potential Trouble Source, The First Step Toward Handling: PTS C/S-1