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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Mar. 24, 2016 | Mar. 21, 2016 | Mar. 02, 2016 | Feb. 04, 2016
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Cycle Period |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock compensation expense | $ 125 |  | $ 124,000,000 | $ 471,000,000 | $ 452,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Employee Stock Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant price of stock options and RPU | $ 14.09 | $ 17.32 |  |  |  | $ 18.07 |  |  |  |
Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of the award vesting at each anniversary date of the grant |  |  |  | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period (in years) |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options granted |  |  |  | 0.2 | 0.2 |  |  |  |  |
Grant price of stock options and RPU |  |  |  | $ 98.77 | $ 101.93 |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Period from grant date to expiration |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] | Executive Officer [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of the award vesting at each anniversary date of the grant | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options granted | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-Term Incentive Performance Award [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Closing New York Stock Exchange price |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 105.43 |  |  |
Award vesting period |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  |  | 16.45% |  |  |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  |  | 1.01% |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant date fair value | $ 135.57 |  |  | $ 135.57 |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-Term Incentive Performance Award [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Closing New York Stock Exchange price | $ 106.86 |  |  | 106.86 |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility | 16.61% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate | 0.81% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant date fair value | $ 147.90 |  |  | $ 147.90 |  |  |  |  |  |
Management Incentive Award [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of the award vesting at each anniversary date of the grant |  |  |  | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Closing New York Stock Exchange price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 105.15 | $ 98.77 | $ 96.25
Award vesting period |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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