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PUBLIC LAW 85-155-AUG. 21, 1957

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TITLE III—AIR FORCE

70A Stat. 499.

70A Stat. 499

Strength. 70A Stat. 501. Appointment. 70A Stat. 507.

Age limitations. 70A Stat. 507.

70A Stat. 508. Service credit.

70A Stat. 508.

SEC. 301. Subtitle D of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 8206 is amended to read as follows: "§ 8206. Regular Air Force: Commissioned officers on active list; Air Force nurses " (a) The authorized strength in Air Force nurses on the active list of the Regular Air Force is as prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force within the authorized strength of the Regular Air Force in commissioned officers on the active list. " (b) Of the authorized strength of the Air Force in Air Force nurses on the active list of the Regular Air Force, not more than five may be in the regular grade of colonel, and not more than one hundred and seven may be in the regular grade of lieutenant colonel.'" (2) Section 8207 is amended to read as follows: "§ 8207. Regular Air Force: Commissioned officers on active list; medical specialists " (a) The authorized strength in Air Force medical specialists on the active list of the Regular Air Force is as prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force within the authorized strength of the Regular Air Force in commissioned officers on the active list. " (b) Of the authorized strength in medical specialists on the active list of the Regular Air Force, not more than one may be in the regular grade of colonel, and not more than twenty may be in the regular grade of lieutenant colonel." (3) Section 8212 is amended by striking out the figure "8304,". (4) Section 8285 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "In addition, to be eligible for original appointment with a view to designation as an Air Force nurse, a person must be a graduate of a hospital or university school of nursing and a registered nurse." (5) Section 8286 is amended— (A) by striking out in subsection (a) the words "8291 or"; and (B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(c) This section does not apply to persons appointed with a viewto designation as an Air Force nurse or medical specialist." (6) Section 8287 is amended— (A) by striking out in subsection (a) the words "except a person" and inserting in place thereof the words "except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and except for persons"; (B) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (a): "(b) For the purposes set forth in subsection (a), a person originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Air Force yviih a view to designation as an Air Force nurse or medical specialist shall be credited, at the time of her appointment, with all active commissioned service in the Armed Forces after December 6, 1941, that she performed after becoming 21 years of age and before her appointment. However, not more than 14 years of service may be so credited. For the same purposes, a person who is originally appointed in the grade of first lieutenant under section 8288(b) of this title and who has not performed at least three years of active commissioned service in the armed forces after December 6, 1941, shall be credited with that amount of service." (C) by redesignating present subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as " (c) ", " (d) ", " (e) ", and " (f) ", respectively.

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