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PUBLIC LAW 85-155-AUG. 21, 1957

(7) Section 8-288 is amended— (A) by inserting " (a) " at the beginning thereof; (B) by inserting before the words "section 8294" the words "subsection (b) of this section and"; (C) by inserting after the words "section 8287" the designations " (a), (c), (d), o r (e) "; and (D) by adding the following new subsection at the end therof: " (b) Based on the service credited under section 8287(b) of this title, the commissioned grade in which an Air Force nurse or medical specialist is originally appointed in the Regular Air Force is: "(1) For persons with less than three years of service who on the date of nomination have not passed their twenty-seventh birthday and who are not qualified under clause (2)—second lieutenant. "(2) For persons with less than seven years of service who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force and who on the date of nomination have not passed their thirtieth birthday—first lieutenant. "(3) For persons with at least seven years of service who on the date of nomination have not passed their thirty-ninth birthday— captain. The maximum ages specified in clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection are increased by the period of active commissioned service which the member performed in the armed forces after December 6, 1941, but not by more than five years." (8) The last sentence of section 8297(a) is amended to read as follows: "However, a selection board considering— "(1) Under section 8300(a) or (b) of this title female promotion list officers other than those designated under section 8067 of this title, may include female promotion list officers who are not designated under that section, who are senior in regular grade, to and who outrank, any female officer being considered by that board; and "(2) Air Force nurses or medical specialists, may include Air Force nurses or medical specialists, as the case may be, in a temporary or regular grade above major." (9) Section 8298(b) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: "This subsection does not apply to Air Force nurses or medical specialists." (10) Section 8299 is amended— (A) by inserting in subsection (a) after the words "subsection (f) " the words "or (g) "; (B) by inserting the following new sentence at the end of subsection (c): "This subsection does not apply to the promotion of Air Force nurses or medical specialists to the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel." (C) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection " (g) Air Force nurses and medical specialists may be promoted to the regular grade of lieutenant colonel in the manner prescribed in section 8305 of this title to fill vacancies in the number authorized foD that grade by the Secretary. Whenever a selection board is considering Air Force nurses or medical specialists for promotion to the regular grade of lieutenant colonel, the Secretary shall furnish to the board the name of each Air Force nurse or medical specialist, as the case may be, in the regular grade of major who has completed at least 21 years of service with which she is entitled to be credited for promotion purposes, and the names of all of those officers in that regular grade whose names appear on the applicable promotion list above the name of any

387 70A Stat. 508. Grade determination.

Age limitations.

70A Stat. 510. Sel ect ion bo Eirds.

Promotions. 70A Stat. 511. 70A Stat. 511.

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