NESA's website list indicates that 67 current local councils have not presented any NOESAs through the first seven years of the program. The first recipient of the NOESA (Serial #1) is Phil Smith, who received his Eagle rank in 1949 in Pennsylvania. The council with the most NOESA recipients (through 2017) is the Utah National Parks Council #591 with 159 recipients, well ahead of the total of 88 received by second place National Capitol Area Council #082. UNPC's total accounts for 8.2% of all NOESA recipients nationwide from inception through 2017. Through 2016, only 16 recipients of the NOESA have gone on to receive the DESA. The first was Wayne K. Stenehjem who received his NOESA in 2011 and his DESA in 2013. Additionally, Larry A. Dale is the first (and to date only) to receive both awards in the same year, 2015. At least four father/son pairs have won the NOESA, as well as five pairs of brothers.