iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Late 2012), MacBook Pro with Retina display: Menu bar may not appear on first login

You may notice that the menu bar does not appear the very first time you log in to a user account on your computer (or after reinstalling Mac OS X). This may occur on iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Late 2012), MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012 and later), and MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) computers.