Medical-dental promotion candidates urged to check records

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  • By Capt. Melissa Keough
  • Air Force Personnel Center
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) --  With a medical corps-dental corps selection board convening in November and several other health professions boards scheduled in the next six months, officers should ensure their board certifications are current and in their selection records.

Officers can fax a copy of the certificate to their functional manager here at the Air Force Personnel Center.   The manager then can send a copy to the Sselection Board Secretariat to be placed in the individual's Officer Selection Record.

The Officer Selection Record is probably the single most important record an Air Force officer can have as board members use this record to assess an individual's promotion potential.

"It is ultimately every Air Force officer's responsibility to keep (his or her) Officer Selection Record up to date," said Col. Karl Shawhan, chief of the Selection Board Secretariat. "Remember, your record represents you to the promotion board."

Officers should review their record to ensure their performance reports, decorations and board certification paperwork are on file with the secretariat. Even if these documents are reflected in the virtual military personnel flight and the Military Personnel Data System, officers should confirm hardcopies made it to their selection record. 

Officers can find out more about the Officer Selection Record and request a copy of their record by visiting the Selection Board Secretariat Web site.

The health professions functional managers at AFPC can be contacted by phone/fax at: Medical, Dental, Biomedical Sciences Corps -- (210) 565-2377/565-1277; Medical Services Corps -- 565-4094/565-4240; and Nurse Corps - 565-2715/565-2943.