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32 USC 323.

PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 STAT.

title, if his years of service had not been reduced under this section. "(c) Unless he is sooner recommended for promotion under section 8372 of this title or examined for Federal recognition in the next higher grade— "(1) an officer who is deferred because he was considered but not recommended by a selection board shall be considered for promotion by the next selection board considering officers of his grade and category under section 8366 of this title; and "(2) an officer who is deferred because he was found not qualified for Federal recognition shall be considered for promotion by the next appropriate selection board convened under section 8366 of this title when the officer next junior to him is also considered, but not before one year after the date on which he was found not qualified for Federal recognition. "(d) An officer who is deferred because he was considered but not recommended by a selection board may, if he is appointed to the next higher grade in the Air National Guard, be examined for Federal recognition in that grade at any time before the date on which he must be considered for promotion under subsection (c)(1). "(e) An officer who is deferred because he was found not qualified for Federal recognition in the next higher grade may be again examined for Federal recognition in that grade at any time before the date on which he must be considered for promotion under subsection (c)(2), but not before one year after the date on which he was first found not qualified for Federal recognition in that grade. "(f) A deferred officer who is again considered for promotion under subsection (c)(1) and is not recommended for promotion, may not thereafter be considered for promotion or examined for Federal recognition and shall be treated as provided in section 8846(a) of this title andsection 323(e)oftitle32. "(g) A deferred officer who is again considered for promotion or examined for Federal recognition in the next higher jrrade under subsection (c)(2), (d), or (e), and is not recommended for promotion or found qualified for Federal recognition, may not thereafter be considered for promotion or examined for Federal recognition, and shall be treated as provided in section 8846(b) of this title and section 323 (e) of title 32. ^^§8370. Commissioned officers: promotion of female officers, nurses, and medical specialists "(a) A female reserve officer, other than an officer designated under section 8067 of this title or appointed in the Air Force with a view to designation under that section, may not be promoted to a reserve grade above lieutenant colonel, and may be promoted to the reserve grade of lieutenant colonel only to fill a vacancy in the number authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force for that category. "(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall furnish to selection boards the names of female reserve officers to be considered for promotion to reserve grades above captain, and shall direct the board to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to those grades. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified of those named for consideration. "(c) A female reserve officer who is designated as an Air Force nurse or medical specialist may be promoted to a reserve grade above captain only to fill a vacancy in her category.

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