Commissioned officers; Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade

§ 3291. Commissioned officers; Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade (a) An original appointment in the Regular Army in the Army Nurse Corps or the Women’s Medical Specialist Corps may be made in the grade of— (1) second lieutenant, from women who on the date of nomination have not already passed their twenty-seventh birthday, and who are not qualified for appointment in the grade of first lieutenant under clause (2); and (2) first lieutenant, from women who on the date of nomination have not already passed their thirtieth birthday. The maximum ages specified in this subsection are increased by the period of active commissioned service in the armed forces after December 31, 1947, but not by more than five years. (b) To be eligible for appointment in the Army Nurse Corps under this section a woman must be a graduate of a hospital or university training school and a registered nurse.