Because graphic images require large programs, the computers used in such work are generally among the fastest and most powerful available.
"With the number of staff it takes to support such large programs," the report said, "it must be more like a convention-hall atmosphere, rather than a dignified" medical program.
The four largest programs — those with at least 40 million recipients — are Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps and Medicare.
The Newark school district, which runs one of the largest programs in the state, is expecting to serve 10percentt more meals this summer because of the economic downturn.
Officials at the Board of Education and Chase Manhattan say it is one of the largest programs in the city to distribute desktop computers to public school students.
Larchmont (with 130 children) and American (with 120) have two of the largest programs in the county.
Medicare, which provides health insurance to 40 million elderly and disabled people, is one of the largest programs in the federal budget.
"We have had to think creatively, reassess programs and be more flexible," said Ms. Farkas, who acknowledged that as one of Westchester's largest programs -- the Scarsdale campus caters to 130 families -- the school can absorb lower enrollment numbers more easily than smaller schools.
According to the NCAA, Division I consists of "the largest programs that provide the most athletically related financial aid for student-athletes".
Developing a robot to greet corporate visitors may seem a frivolous use of Honda's busy research teams, but Asimo is actually part of a larger program the company has started to build practical robots as programmable assistants.
At one large program, the average numbers for matriculants were MCAT 36 and GPA 3.8, but the range was large.
