It depends on how the word "saved" is being used. I'm assuming here you're interested in the concept of salvation, not the use of the literal Greek word, which actually means "healed."
In terms of the race as a whole, the entire race was put into jeapordy by Adam's actions, and would certainly have been lost without Christ's intervention. So we can say of Christ's actions that He saved the world (which the Spirit of Prophecy says) or equivalently that Jesus Christ is the "Savior of the World" which is in Scripture twice I think (both John).
In terms of the individual, one is saved by beliving in Christ, which is synonomous with being converted, believing in His name, trusting in Him for salvation, accepting Him as one's personal Savior -- there's quite a lot of ways of putting it. The best description I know of the process is
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How, then, are we to be saved? "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," so the Son of man has been lifted up, and everyone who has been deceived and bitten by the serpent may look and live. "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29. The light shining from the cross reveals the love of God. His love is drawing us to Himself. If we do not resist this drawing, we shall be led to the foot of the cross in repentance for the sins that have crucified the Saviour. Then the Spirit of God through faith produces a new life in the soul. The thoughts and desires are brought into obedience to the will of Christ. The heart, the mind, are created anew in the image of Him who works in us to subdue all things to Himself. Then the law of God is written in the mind and heart, and we can say with Christ, "I delight to do Thy will, O my God." Ps. 40:8. (DA 175, 176)
We tend to focus, almost exclusively, on the individual aspect of salvation, although the corporate aspect of salvation is prevalent all thorughout Scripture. But our society is very individualistic, and in addition our thinking is more Greek than Hebrew, and the corporate aspect is more of a Hebrew thing than Greek. The corporate aspect of salvation was one of the points of the 1888 message which was greatly emphasized.
An analogy of the corporate and individual aspects of salvation is the emancipation of the slaves. On Jan. 1, 1863 (going from memory), Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. At this point in time the slaves were legally, or corporately, free. However, they had to hear the good news, and believe it, in order to individually experience their liberation.
Similarly, we have been corporately liberated by Jesus Christ, but must hear the Good News, believe it, in order to individually experience our liberation.
When Darius speaks of everyone being saved, I have assumed that it is in this sense that he is speaking, but I'm not sure if that's what he has in mind or not. Personally I avoid the term "saved" as I find it ambiguous. I think this is the reason for the consel in COL which states that we should not say, nor even think, that we are saved (where "saved" could be taken to mean safe from temptation, or unable to fall).
