Regular Navy: Medical Service Corps: maximum number of ensigns appointed annually

§ 5593. Regular Navy: Medical Service Corps: maximum number of ensigns appointed annually (a) Subject to subsection (b), the maximum number of appointments that may be made in any year to the active list of the Navy in the Medical Service Corps in the grade of ensign is the same percentage of the number of appointments made in that year to the active list in the line in the grade of ensign as the authorized number of officers on the active list in the Medical Service Corps in that year is of the authorized number of officers on the active list in the line. (b) If, in any year, the ratio of the number of officers on the active list in the Medical Service Corps to the number of officers on the active list in the line is less than the ratio of the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the Medical Service Corps in that year to the number of officers authorized to be on the active list in the line, the number of appointments in that year to the active list in the Medical Service Corps in the grade of ensign may be increased as the President determines necessary to meet the needs of the service, not to exceed the number required to equalize these ratios.