Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has labelled the Army's recruitment process "unacceptable" after it was revealed applications take an average of 300 days to be completed.
More than 100,000 people applied last year but only 7,441 were successful.
Army recruitment is overseen by private contractor Capita, and Mr Williamson said the firm and the government were "working hard to speed up the process".
The regular Army is currently 4,000 soldiers short of its target strength.
The BBC's defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale, said the Army had been spending millions of pounds on high-profile recruitment campaigns designed to reach its 82,000 target.
But while those seem to be attracting record levels of interest, that hasn't yet translated into filling the depleted ranks, he added.
Mr Williamson said he wanted "recruits who meet our world class standards [to] start their training as soon as possible".
source:www.bbc.cm
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