Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 501

Sec. 501. (a) This title applies only to the Air Force. (b) As used in this title— (1) “Promotion service” means service in an active status in current grade. (2) “Federal recognition board” means a board of officers appointed under section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended. (3) “Deferred officer” means— (A) any Reserve officer in the grade of first lieutenant; (B) any Reserve officer in the grade of captain, except those designated as nurses or women medical specialists; and (C) any Reserve officer in the grade of major, except those designated as nurses or women medical specialists and female Reserve officers appointed under section 310 of the Women’s Armed services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U. S. C. 627i); who is considered for promotion by a selection board under this title for the first time and is not recommended for promotion, or who for 68 Stat. 1172 the first time is examined and found not qualified for Federal recognition in the next higher grade. (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Air Force. (5) “Total years of service” means all periods of time that a Reserve officer— (A) has held an appointment as a commissioned officer in any of the Armed Forces of the United States, without component or in any component thereof; (B) has held an appointment as a commissioned officer in the federally recognized National Guard before June 15, 1933, or held a federally recognized commissioned status therein; and (C) has been credited with under section 201 of this Act. No period of time may be credited more than once in the computation of total years of service.