Trouble Syncing P2 24p footage with 29.97 audio

Question

Hi All,
I'm having problems syncing Panasonic P2 format footage shot at 24p from an HPX-500, and externally recorded sound.  I'm using PPro CS5.5 on Win7.  I believe this is because the P2 format is actually 29.97fps with some pull-down (Remove Pull-Down setting checked for the clips) and the audio was recorded with a timecode of 23.976.
So when I use the Synchronize feature it gets the clips close, but the audio lags just so slightly, less than a frame.  I can switch to audio time units and manually sync, but I have a completed short film with a ton of clips that I have to do this for and I think it would take the next ten years to manually sync ;-)
If there are any solutions to this, I would be greatful for any suggestions on how to handle this.  The specs of the video and audio clips are below.
Type: P2 Movie
File Size: 1.5 GB
Image Size: 1280 x 1080
Frame Rate: 29.97 (24p)
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 16 bit - Mono
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Mono
Total Duration: 00:01:48:20
Average Data Rate: 13.7 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.5
Type: Windows WAVE audio file
File Size: 15.3 MB
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 24 bit - Mono
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Mono
Total Duration: 00:01:51:05328
Average Data Rate: 140 KB / second
Sound Dev: 744T S#461007017005
sSPEED=023.976-ND
sTAKE=1
sUBITS=$01151201
sSWVER=2.67
sPROJECT=
sSCENE=15-2
sFILENAME=15-2T001_2.WAV
sTAPE=120115
sTRK2=Track B
sNOTE=
Arlo

Answer 1

Already given.  While camera makes have no problem creating hardware that records audio at a consistent rate, audio device makers either can't or won't do the same.
Hey Jim, sorry - I should have clarified that statement a bit more.  The slight differences can be understood by your comment for sure, unfortunately .  But the timecode should not be mismatched at all - there seems to be a bad calculation in PPro somewhere.  Other applications can read and match the timecodes without any problems (see below).
I found some further info - I had my friend import the footage and audio at his studio with FCP and Avid and they both matched perfectly (he's also going to try Smoke).  I also downloaded the trial of Avid Media Composer 6 and the clips matched up perfectly also.
As a test, on my system, I batch "converted" all my audio files using Audition - just saving them with all the same parameters as the originals.  Then I imported back into Premiere and guess what?  They matched much, much more closely.  Still faster by 9951 samples after 00:01:47:00 - so I don't know how noticable 1/48th of a second will be, and I suppose I can find some nice edit points to adjust at.  But also back to your suggestion on adjusting the speed of the audio, I may be able minimize that too.
Thanks for your help.