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513 513 (4) continue this procedure until the number of officers specified by him is recommended. (b) When a promotion-list officer in the regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major must be considered under section 8299 of this title for promotion because of length of service, or because he is on a promotion list above an officer who must be considered for that reason, the Secretary may— (1) furnish the board a list of officers to be considered for promotion to the grade concerned; and (2) direct the board to recommend the officers on that list whom it considers fully qualified for promotion. (c) Instead of the procedures set forth in subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary may furnish to the board a list of promotion-list officers to be considered and may direct it to recommend a number specified by him for promotion. The board shall recommend those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified. However, the number prescribed by the Secretary for recommendation must be at least 80 percent of those listed for consideration. §8301.

Commissioned officers: promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel; officers with special qualifications (a) I n addition to the method prescribed in section 8300 of this title, whenever there are vacancies on the Air Force promotion list in the regular grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel, and the Secretary of the Air Force considers that there are or will be too few officers in any of those grades with special qualifications, he may direct a selection board to recommend a prescribed number of officers with those qualifications, for promotion to that grade, under the procedures prescribed in sections 8299 and 8300 of this title. However, an officer considered but not recommended under this section shall be treated as though he had not been considered for promotion within the meaning of section 8299 or 8303 of this title. (b) This section does not apply to Air Force nurses and women medical specialists. §8302.

Commissioned officers; medical, dental, and veterinary officers: promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel; professional examination (a) No commissioned officer designated as a medical officer or veterinary officer whose regular grade is below lieutenant colonel may be promoted in the Regular Air Force until he passes an examination of his professional fitness before an examining board composed of three or more medical officers of the Regular Air Force selected by the Secretary of the Air Force. No commissioned officer designated as a dental officer whose regular grade is below lieutenant colonel may be promoted in the Regular Air Force until he passes an examination of his professional fitness before an examining board composed of one medical officer and two dental officers of the Regular Air Force, selected by the Secretary. The examination shall be prescribed by the Secretary and shall be held at such time before the right to promotion accrues as may be in the best interest of the Air Force.. (b) If an officer designated as a medical, dental, or veterinary officer in the regular grade of first lieutenant or captain is found disqualified for promotion by the examining board, the Secretary

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