Commissioned officers; Air Force nurses and women medical specialists: promotion to first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel

§ 8304. Commissioned officers; Air Force nurses and women medical specialists: promotion to first lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel (a) Commissioned officers of the Regular Air Force designated as Air Force nurses and women medical specialists shall be promoted to the regular grade of first lieutenant upon completing the service prescribed for promotion to that grade under section 8298 of this title. (b) Commissioned officers of the Regular Air Force designated as Air Force nurses and women medical specialists shall be promoted to the regular grade of captain or eliminated from the active list in the manner prescribed in sections 8299, 8300, and 8303 of this title. (c) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, commissioned officers of the Regular Air Force designated as Air Force nurses and women medical specialists shall be promoted to the regular grades of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel, by selection, to fill vacancies in those grades.