The girls finished our training, got our wings, in six months; took the boys nine months, but you know they were a little slower than we were. But, anyway, we flew pretty much seven days a week, and there were at that time, 25,000 women applied to become members of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots. Only 1800 were accepted, and out of that, 1,074 graduated and received our wings. -Nell Stevenson Bright. What can be concluded from the excerpt?

A) There were many more women than men who applied to be air force pilots.

B) The Women's Air Force Service Pilots program was very selective and rigorous.

C) The process for female pilots was much more selective than It was for male pilots.

D) The United States did not need many pilots during World War II.​