Nearly 500 officers of the health services branches and Judge Advocate General's Corps have been recommended for promotion to major and lieutenant colonel by boards that met in August.

Primary-zone select rates for the fiscal 2014 Army Medical Department major board ranged from a high of 87 percent for Nurse Corps captains, to a low of 52.3 percent for Medical Specialist Corps members. The PZ rate for Medical Service Corps captains was 68.4 percent, while the rate for Veterinary Corps officers was 81.6 percent.

All total, the board recommended 431 officers for promotion.

Selection opportunity, a term used to track promotions under the Officer Personnel Management Act, was 89.5 percent for the Nurse Corps, 73.5 percent for the Medical Service Corps, 65.7 percent for the Medical Specialist Corps and 86.8 percent for the Veterinary Corps.

DOPMA opportunity is calculated by dividing the total number of in-zone, below-zone and above-zone selections by the number of primary zone officers considered by the board. During normal times when the size of the Army is not growing or decreasing, DOPMA opportunity for promotion to major averages 80 percent.

The AMEDD major board, which was in session Aug. 19-27, passed over 113 in the previously considered above-zone category.

A subsequent selective continuation screening resulted in 41 of these officers being offered an opportunity to remain on active duty until they qualify for retirement or are picked up for promotion by a future selection board.

Officers not selected by the continuation will be involuntarily separated or retired.

The primary zone select rate for the JAG Corps lieutenant colonel board was 64.7 percent, with 44 of the 67 promotion candidates being recommended for advancement.

All total, the board recommended 48 majors for promotion.

DOPMA selection opportunity was 70.6 percent, which is about average for promotions to lieutenant colonel.

Fifty-two previously considered majors received a passover from this board. From that total, 19 have been selective continuation.

Nomination lists from these boards require Senate confirmation, a process that normally takes several weeks to a few months.

Lists of selected officers:

AMEDD selections

JAG selections

More on the selection stats:

AMEDD

JAG

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