Air Force accepting physician assistant applications Published June 26, 2006 RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The Air Force is taking applications from active-duty enlisted Airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I training classes beginning in January, April and August 2008. The selection board convenes at the Air Force Personnel Center on March 27. Completed applications must arrive at HQ AFPC/DPAMW, 550 C Street West, Suite 27, Randolph AFB TX 78150-4729 by Jan. 26. Incomplete applications or those received after the cutoff date will be returned and will not meet the selection board, according to AFPC officials. To be eligible, applicants must: -- Be on active duty in the grades of E-3 through E-8 with a minimum of two years and a maximum of 14 years active military service as of Aug. 31, 2008. -- Meet age limitations specified in Air Force Instruction 36-2005 for appointment as second lieutenants in the biomedical sciences corps (less than 42 years of age upon completion of Phase II training.) -- Must take the Scholastic Aptitude Test within four years of the board date, with a minimum math score of 450 and a composite score of no less than 950 in the old version or a minimum composite score of 1,425 in the newer version. -- Have a minimum general score of 80 points on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or Air Force Classification Test. -- Sixty semester hours of transferable college credits and a grade point average of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. Twenty-nine of these semester hours must be actual in-classroom courses at an accredited college or university. A combined minimum 3.0 GPA is required in the math and science courses. Thirty-one semester hours may be met from College Level Examination Program, Community College of the Air Force, Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support, United States Armed Forces Institute correspondence courses, end-of-course test or specific subject examination. For more information, contact the local military personnel flight, education office or visit How do I apply for physician assistant training? on the AFPC Web site.(Courtesy of Air Force Personnel Center News Service)