Commissioned officers; Air Force nurses and women medical specialists: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade

§ 8291. Commissioned officers; Air Force nurses and women medical specialists: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade (a) An original appointment in the Regular Air Force with a view to designation as an Air Force nurse or woman medical specialist may be made in the grade of— (1) second lieutenant, from women who on the date of nomination have net 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 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 under this section with a view to designation as a nurse, a woman must be a graduate of a hospital or university training school and a registered nurse.