The statement, “95% of applicants leave the office with a certificate”, cannot be true. 70.7% of the pilot population is male. Current statistics say that 90% of males die with prostate cancer. Therefor 63% of the total pilot population would statistically have prostate cancer. Cancer is disqualifying according to the FAA. Somebody is lying.
The FAA now requires pilots with disqualifying conditions like prostate cancer to submit all paperwork for special issuance before being certified. The statement that 95% of applicants leave the office with a medical certificate is misleading and technically untrue for the affected subset of pilots. The claim would need to be clarified to reflect that this high success rate applies only to applicants without disqualifying conditions requiring further FAA review.
I heard said by a person who develops data for a government agency, “Do not believe any data from a government agency. The data is designed to manipulate you into believing the government agency is working for you.”