Trust Account Auditor Emmet R. Wood has been designated a Certified Real Estate Investigator by the National Association of Real Estate License Law Officials. Emmet is also a CPA and a Graduate of the REALTORS' Institute (GRI) . . . Application Processor Gloria Williams and Rodolph Hill were recently recognized by the Real Estate Commission on having completed 15 years of service to the State of North Carolina. Investigator James Clinard (18 years) is the only other staff member to share this distinction . . . In the future, the status of complaints against real estate licensees will be tracked and progress reports generated each month by computer. The recently installed computer system is operated by Legal Secretary Nancy Ross . . . Records and files on the state's nearly 55,000 real estate brokers and salesmen are currently being converted to microfilm. More than a half million documents are scheduled to be photographed and stored in microfilm jackets in the Commission Office by November. Microfilming was directed by the Commission because of a critical shortage of file storage area in the Commission Office. The Commission apologizes for any delays in retrieving records which may result during this transition period . . . 1316 salesman license applicants and 732 broker applicants were scheduled for examination in June. According to Commission records, this total number of examinees was surpassed only in the month of January, 1981. An average of nearly 1600 applicants per month have been scheduled for licensing examinations since January of this year . . . Records Clerk Naomi Cottle reports that 85% of North Carolina's real estate brokers, salesmen and corporations renewed their licenses by July 1; last year 90% had renewed by this date. As of September 1, there were 41,731 brokers, 10,506 salesmen and 2,522 corporations licensed by the Real Estate Commission, some from as far away as South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Sweden, West Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Kuwait . . . 20,000 copies of the Commission's publication It's Your Move were mailed to North Carolina's high schools in August for use-during the 1984-85 school year. To date, approximately 200,000 copies of this consumer information booklet have been printed and distributed by the Commission to the State's public and private schools including Braille and large-print editions for visually impaired students.