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508 508 became 21 years of age and before his appointment. However, a maximum age is not so increased by more than five years. §8287.

Commissioned officers: original appointment; service credit (a) For the purpose of determining grade, pcsitior o; a.iromotion list, seniority in his grade in the Regular Air Force and '^^i^i.ibility for promotion, a person originally appointed in a commission jd grade in the Regular Air Force, except a person appoirted under section 8294 (a) of this title, shall be credited, at the time of his appointment, with the active commissioned service in the Air Force, and in the Army, after December 31, 1947, that he performed after becoming 21 years of age and before his appointment. However, not more than five years of service may be so credited. (b) A person originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Air Force with a view to designation in one cf the following categories, except a person appointed under section 8294 (a) of this title, shall be credited at the time of his appointment, in addition to the service with which he is credited under subsection (a), and for the same purposes, with the following service: (1) Medical officer—four years. (2) Dental officer—^three years. (3) Veterinary officer—^three years. (4) Chaplain—three years. (5) Judge advocate—^three years. (c) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, a person who is originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Air Force with a view to designation as a medical service officer, and who, at the time of appointment, holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or a comparable degree in a science allied to medicine, so recognized by the Secretary, may be credited at the time of his appointment, in addition to the service with which he is credited under subsection (a), and for the same purposes, with three years of service. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person who was a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy may be originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Air Force before the date on which his classmates at the Academy are graduated and appointed as officers. No person who was a cadet at, but did not graduate from, the Academy may be credited, upon appointment as a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force, with longer service than that credited to any member of his class at the Academy whose service in the Air Force, or in the Army and the Air Fores, has been continuous since graduation. (e) A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy who is originally appointed as a second lieutenant in the Regular Air itorce under section 9353 of this title is not entitled to any service credit under this section. § 8288. Commissioned officers: original appointment; determination of grade Except as provided in section 8294 of this title, based upon the service credited under section 8287 of this title, the commissioned

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