But a fire official said the likelihood of finding survivors was "pretty remote".
But the choice also highlighted divisions within the administration over the likelihood of finding banned weapons.
The report concluded: "There is little evidence that workfare increases the likelihood of finding work.
"The likelihood of finding any more survivors, in fact, is small".
The federal deficit was growing; the likelihood of finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was not.
Mr. Chippendale's doctors told him that his only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant, and that the likelihood of finding a matching donor seemed bleak.
It has found no evidence that prisoners who have worked in such industries have an increased likelihood of finding work after release.
But with the likelihood of finding private investors to underwrite the entire project in question, company executives lobbied extensively this spring in Albany.
In a joint statement, the ministers acknowledged that "despite the best efforts of all involved, the likelihood of finding the aircraft is fading.
Investigators' success in turning up more mail containing anthrax would improve the likelihood of finding clues that could lead them to whoever sent the contaminated letters.
For lung cancer in nonsmokers, there is an increased likelihood of finding an abnormal version of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) protein.
