An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force's Medical and Professional Officer Corps

Analyzes the Air Force's seven medical and professional officer corps--the Biomedical Sciences Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General Corps (attorneys), the Medical Corps (physicians), the Medical Service Corps, and the Nurse Corps--with regard to end strengths, accession levels, promotion flow, and attrition since the late 1970s. Recent accession and retention trends have been most adverse in the Nurse Corps.