This report is the first AIHW publication dealing with data from the first year (2002-03) of the redeveloped Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection (CSTDA NMDS). This report focuses on service users and their characteristics and service type outlets funded to deliver CSTDA services, within the first six months of 2003. Previous reports since 1995 have dealt with 'snapshot' data from a single day.