Oh, for sure it is. I'm critical of the fact that applications aren't being reviewed in their entirety, but I also recognize that it's impossible, given current staffing levels, for all applications to be reviewed in their entirety. I don't know what the solution is, and it's a challenging question, but with the sheer volume....
I can't imagine the work that a visa officer does in terms of the sheer number of pages that they are legally expected to read in a given day.