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For starters, which is it now? 66 levels of all females or 66 levels of Aes Sedai? Or is it 60 levels of Aes Sedai? Or 60 levels of all females below Nicola?[/quote]
60 levels below Kerene, I think. The highest Aes Sedai level pre-wonder girls was Elaida/Moiraine/Siuan. Kerene and Meilyn were above this, as was Cadsuane (who we know is just below the Wondergirls in strength). the text makes clear Cadsuane is definitely stronger than Nicola (since the Aes Sedai say no one with Cads strength had been seen in a thousand years, and it was only a few hundred for Nicola). Nicola may then be as strong as Kerene, or there may be a level or two between them. That'll become clearer when we have the entire book, since each Aes Sedai entry has their old and new strength levels, and this includes bit players like Serafelle (based on entry 2). Comparing Nicola to Kerene and Mailyn will clarify this.

As I read it, 60 total strength levels before Wondergirls. 12 more added after, and this includes Foresaken.

[quote]If the 12 new levels were added specifically for Nicola and the Supergirls does that mean Nynaeve is on level 1 of that new list? What then about the females who are stronger than Nynaeve?[/quote]
Definitely not, since the top strength level (Level 1) is said to be as strong as a woman can get, and equal to the strongest man. Since Sharina, at least, is definitely stronger than Nynaeve in potential, there's no way Nynaeve is at level 1.

[quote]Another thing: It seems obvious that the levels are not equidistant from each other. As we see, the longevity gain is not consistent across the 72 levels.[/quote]
There does seem to be some bunching up at the bottom, but that should be clarified when we get a large number of actual ages for the Aes Sedai and a factor for how the Oath Rod cuts age.
[quote]Lastly, if Moiraine is indeed on around level 14 or thereabouts - meaning only 13 or so levels below Lanfear (or is that Nynaeve), then it is clear that volume of power channeled has a non-linear relationship with "stuff that you can do with the power".[/quote]
Clear how? Moiriane is nowhere close o Lanfear's level of knowledge, experience, and skill. Would a Moiraine strength Aes Sedai from the Age of Lengends be as held back as she is? I really really doubt it.

[quote]Meaning that a small increase in volume channeled (strength), ceteris paribus, results in a very large increase in the physical effects you can achieve with the Power.[/quote]
Based on what evidence? If anything, the opposite seems true. Somewhat weaker channelers are able to achieve all sorts of effects a stronger one could.

[quote]It would seem evident then that 5% more Power results in for example a fireball twice as big as that which you could create without that extra 5% of Power.[/quote]
Evident implies evidence. Where is it?
[quote]So while "strength" as such might increase in linear fashion, it is in fact a linear representation of some type of geometric "channeling effectiveness" growth.[/quote]
Again... why so?
[quote]Daigian can barely launch a fireball. [/quote]
Did I miss something in the books? I don't think we've ever seen her launch a fireball on her own, because she's never been in the situation to.
[quote]Verin or Alanna can toss fireballs all day long, interspersed with earth eruptions and fists of Wind etc. They are 2 times as strong as Daigian on the strength scale, but their fireballs aren't merely twice the volume of Daigian's. Instead, they are more like 7 or 8 times as lethal as Daigian is.[quote]
I'm mystified by the authority with which you assert this. Where did we see a sizing of their fireballs?

The only case we have of strength to actual effects is with Siuan. Old strength, she could comfortably lift three times her strength. After becoming weaker (but still above the strength of Daigian, so it is ambiguous for now where exactly she is) she cannot lift Gareth Bryne, so even a little above her weight is impossible for her to lift. Per Terez, Daigian was at level 45(33 old). So Siuan went from level 13(1) to somewhere like 40, or below. Working off 40, she went down 27 levels in strength, about a 40% reduction in strength. If Bryne weights 1.5 times what Siuan does, she went from lifting 3x her weight to not being able to lift about 1.5 times her weight, a 50% or so reduction. Seems to track quite closely.
[quote]In short, this list does not make clear what the real world difference in channeling effectiveness is of people on the scale, even if we put aside for a moment their differences in skill and dexterity.[/quote]
No, but the text of the books does give hints.
[quote]I don't think the current authors really understand RJ's real intentions behind the One Power "Power Distribution". Power as in what people at different levels can actually DO with saidin or saidar.