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352 352 officers in the Supply Corps or the Civil Engineer Corps designated for limited duty that may be recommended for promotion to the next higher grade. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is the product of— (1) the number of male staff corps officers, designated for limited duty, in the promotion zone for the grade and corps concerned; and (2) a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of male line officers, designated for limited duty, placed on the promotion list pursuant to the report of the comparable board for the selection of line officers convened in the same fiscal year, and the denominator is the number of male line officers, designated for limited duty, in the promotion zone considered by that board. (e) The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of officers in the Medical Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, or the Medical Service Corps, other than women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title, that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander or lieutenant. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is equal to the number of officers in the promotion zone for the grade and corps concerned. (f) The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of officers in the Nurse Corps that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant commander. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is equal to the number of vacancies existing in the grade concerned, plus the number of additional vacancies estimated for the next 12 months, minus the number of officers in the next lower grade on the promotion list. (g) The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of officers in the Nurse Corps that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of lieutenant. This number, determined by the Secretary as of the date the selection board is convened, is equal to the number of officers in the promotion zone or senior to the officers in the zone, minus the number of lieutenants (junior grade) on the promotion list. § 5763. Regular Navy; women staflf corps officers appointed under section 5590 of this title: number that may be recommended for promotion The Secretary of the Navy shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title with the number of women officers on the active list of the Navy in a staff corps, appointed under section 5590 of this title, that may be recommended for promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant commander. This number is the product of— (1) the number of such women staff corps officers on the active list in the next lower grade in the corps concerned who in the current fiscal year first become eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade concerned; and (2) a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of women line officers on the active list recommended for promotion to the

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