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020			_a0833049518 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9780833049513 (pbk. : alk. paper)
027			_aRAND/TR-782-AF
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037			_c$40.00 _fpaperback
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050	0	0	_aUG793 _b.A53 2010
245	0	3	_aAn analysis of the populations of the Air Force's medical and professional officer corps / _cEdward G. Keating ... [et al.].
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c2010.
300			_axviii, 72 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"RAND Project Air Force."
500			_a"This research reported here was performed within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE"--Preface.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 71-72).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aSince 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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bAir Force _xMedical personnel _xRecruiting, enlistment, etc.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bAir Force _xOfficers _xRecruiting, enlistment, etc.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bAir Force _xPersonnel management.
650		0	_aEmployee retention _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMilitary medicine _zUnited States.
700	1		_aKeating, Edward G. _q(Edward Geoffrey), _d1965- _eauthor.
700	1		_aMassey, H. G. _eauthor.
700	1		_aMele, Judith D. _eauthor.
700	1		_aMundell, Benjamin F. _eauthor.
710	2		_aProject Air Force (U.S.). _bManpower, Personnel, and Training Program.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	1		_aUnited States. _bAir Force.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR782/
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