All the new programmes contain annual cycles, with 12 samples per cycle. One sample will be run per month. Cycle 1 with run from March 2016 to February 2017 and will be shipped in two distributions. Distribution A, containing samples 1 – 6 will be available for shipping in February 2016, and Distribution B, containing samples 7 – 12, will be available for shipping in August 2016. The final date for submission of results for Cycle 1, Sample 1 will be 28thth March 2016.