1.1. History of Nova Discoveries  
1.2. Galactic Nova Rate Predictions  
2. DISCOVERED SAMPLES  
2.1. Gaia Discovery Rate  
2.2. ASAS-SN Discovery Rate  
2.3. The Joint ASAS-SN and Gaia Discovery Rate  
3. MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS  
4. GLOBAL NOVA RATE ESTIMATES  
5. COMPARISONS TO PREVIOUS RESULTS  
5.1. Bulge vs. Disk Rates  
5.2. Comparison to Palomar Gattini-IR  
5.3. Extragalactic Comparisons and Faint/Fast Novae  
6. CONCLUSIONS