Commissioned officers; Medical and Dental Corps: original appointment; additional method authorized as exception to general procedure

§ 3294. Commissioned officers; Medical and Dental Corps: original appointment; additional method authorized as exception to general procedure (a) Notwithstanding sections 3285, 3286, and 3287 of this title, original appointments in the Regular Army may also be made in Sades of captain through colonel in the Medical Corps and the Dental Corps, as the needs of the Army require. These appointments may be made only from qualified civilian doctors of medicine and dentists who are citizens of the United States and who have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. (b) An officer appointed under subsection (a) shall be credited for promotion with the minimum number of years of service required for promotion of officers of the corps to the grade in which he is appointed.