An analysis of the populations of the Air Force's medical and professional officer corps / Edward G. Keating ... [et al.].

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Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010Description: xviii, 72 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

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unmediated

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0833049518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780833049513 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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UG793 .A53 2010

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Introduction -- An overview of Air Force Medical and Professional Officer Corps' Populations -- Accessions and retention in the Air Force Medical and Professional Officer Corps -- Promotions in the Air Force Medical and Professional Officer Corps -- Air Force Medical and Professional Officer Corps' recent trends -- Challenges using authorization data -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: The Air Force's BSC Population -- Appendix B: The Air Force's Chaplain Corps Population -- Appendix C: -- The Air Force's Dental Corps Population -- Appendix C: -- The Air Force's JAG Corps Population -- Appendix C: The Air Force's Medical Corps Population -- Appendix C: The Air Force's MSC Population -- Appendix C: The Air Force's nurse Corps Population.

Summary: Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, one of the foremost personnel challenges of the U.S. Air Force has been recruiting and retaining an adequate number of medical and professional officers in the Air Force's seven medical and professional officer corps: the Biomedical Sciences Corps (BSC), the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps (attorneys), the Medical Corps (physicians), the Medical Service Corps (MSC), and the Nurse Corps. For each of these corps, there are highly similar jobs in the private sector, so attracting and retaining these corps' officers is a constant challenge. This report analyzes all seven Air Force medical and professional officer corps and their relative statuses with regard to end strengths, accession levels, promotion flow, and attrition since the late 1970s. The authors find that recent accession and retention trends have been most adverse in the Air Force's Nurse Corps, while the MSC and the JAG Corps appear to have the most stable populations.

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"RAND Project Air Force."

"This research reported here was performed within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-72).

Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, one of the foremost personnel challenges of the U.S. Air Force has been recruiting and retaining an adequate number of medical and professional officers in the Air Force's seven medical and professional officer corps: the Biomedical Sciences Corps (BSC), the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps (attorneys), the Medical Corps (physicians), the Medical Service Corps (MSC), and the Nurse Corps. For each of these corps, there are highly similar jobs in the private sector, so attracting and retaining these corps' officers is a constant challenge. This report analyzes all seven Air Force medical and professional officer corps and their relative statuses with regard to end strengths, accession levels, promotion flow, and attrition since the late 1970s. The authors find that recent accession and retention trends have been most adverse in the Air Force's Nurse Corps, while the MSC and the JAG Corps appear to have the most stable populations.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.