Gosh, I thought I was last!! I just checked the DBPR site and there have been three more #'s issued since mine on Tuesday. Unfortunately, the person you need to speak to at the FBPE (Brian Lynch) takes a long time to return phone calls, if he ever does. All I can really say is be persistent. After two voicemail messages on Thursday and Friday last week and three other calls on Friday that just went to VM I had to ask the person that answered (on Tuesday, Monday was a Holiday for state employees) to check and see if he was in his office and if he didn't pick the call up to please pick the call back up because I was going to ask to speak to someone else. Amazingly he picked up and within 30 seconds he had updated the information that shows up on the website and read me my number.
FBPE 1-850-521-0500
Brian Lynch extension 121
Don't give up!! According to UPS my seal will arrive today. One of the first letters that I send will be to the FBPE about the frustrations some of us face waiting in the dark during certain parts of this process. I experienced time delays during the application and number issuance processes that I am sure were not exclusive to me. From what I have heard these delays are nothing new. This is the Florida Board of Professional Engineers and this part of the organization doesn't seem to operate any more efficiently than I would imagine the Board of Cosmetology.
Good Luck! Post back when you get your number.
Mark