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328 328 that year to the active list in the Civil Engineer Corps in the grade of ensign may be increased as the President determines necessary, so long as that percentage is not exceeded. §5593.

Regular Navy: Medical Service Corps: maximum number of ensigns appointed annual l y (a) Subject to subsection (b), the maximum number of appointments that may be made in any year to the active list of the Navy in the Medical Service Corps in the grade of ensign is the same percentage of the number of appointments made in that year to the active list in the line in the grade of ensign as the authorized number of officers on the active list in the Medical Service Corps in that year is of the authorized number of officers on the active list in the line. (b) If, in any year, the ratio of the number of officers on the active list in the Medical Service Corps to the number of officers on the active list in the line is less than the ratio of the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the Medical Service Corps in that year to the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the line, the number of appointments in that year to the active list in the Medical Service Corps in the grade of ensign may be increased as the President determines necessary to meet the needs of the service, not to exceed the number required to equalize these ratios. §5594. Regular Navy: N u r s e Corps: maximum n u m b e r of ensigns appointed annual l y (a) Subject to subsection (b), the maximum number of appointments that may be made in any year to the active list of the Navy in the Nurse Corps in the grade of ensign is the same percentage of the number of appointments made in that year to the active list in the line in the grade of ensign as the authorized number of officers on the active list in the Nurse Corps in that year is of the authorized number of officers on the active list in the line. (b) If, in any year, the ratio of the number of officers on the active list in the Nurse Corps to the number of officers on the active list in the line is less than the ratio of the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the Nurse Corps in that year to the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the line, the number of appointments in that year to the active list in the Nurse Corps in the g^ade of ensign may be increased as the President determines necessary to meet the needs of the service, not to exceed the number required to equalize these ratios, §5595.

Regular Marine Corps: restriction on appointments of former midshipmen and cadets No person who was a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy or who was a cadet at the United States Military Academy may be appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Marine Corps until after the graduation of the class of which he was a member. §5596. Navy and Marine Corps: temporary appointments (a) Temporary appointments may be made under this section only when the number of male officers serving on active duty in the grade of ensign and above in the line of the Navy exceeds the number of male officers on the active list in the line of the Navy. Officers in

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