How many of you do initial counseling on officers that you rate and have been told that they never have been counseled before?

I have to say that you are by far the exception at least on the O side, in my experience. Along with LTC Gross, I have gone for years without receiving any formal counseling at all, whether written or verbal. I would talk to my rater and get some sense of what they wanted, I guess.... Then, about 2 months before evaluation time, it's "I need your support form....Uhm, OK, can I get yours? ....Uhnm, Damn! I need to write mine!" 

I like to think it's better on the AC side, but based on what I've heard & seen, I don't think it is. The new ESS system may make that better by demanding that quarterly counseling dates be digitally signed at the time, with some sort of report/gig list being created. Of course, that could just result in a quarterly Skillcraft Drill. 

In my current position, I made it a point with each of my senior raters to schedule a face to face initial counseling session, to which I brought a written agenda and took notes. My initial SR then went to Afghanistan for the majority of the rating period, so there were no follow-ups. With my current SR, I also scheduled face to face quarterly counselings & took notes. It made a huge difference. 

I did sit all my ratees down for an initial counseling when I came into  the unit, or when they did. Quarterlies were hit or miss, I am ashamed to say.