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Selective Service
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Physicians, dentists, and allied specialists "are liable for induction under the same conditions as are other registrants. But special provisions apply to them. A registrant who receives a pro* fessional degree in these fields is required to report that fact to his local board as information affecting his classification.
Virtually every medical or dental student is deferred to complete his studies. This extends liability to age 35. * ...
The law provides authority for \ the Secretary of Defense to requisition men from Selective,Service to' "be selected by their qualifications as physicians or dentists.
Authority also is provided for ordering to active duty without their consent, physicians and dentists who are members of the Reserves - ■ ’
These provisions provide the machinery through which the Armed Forces obtain adequatle numbers of physicians and dentists. , Young physicians ansi dentists -are influenced to apply for vommis* siorts and to serve two years on active duty in a commissioned status. So long as sufficient numbers seek commissions, it ns not neces- sary for the Department of Defense to request physicians and dentists through Selective Service. If applications for commissions decline, a requisition for physicians • ;and dentists probably would prompt those selected for induction to seek commissions and enter service as comm!" < ned of-e-pr.- op orders to active duty from rhe Reserv<*s.
In coopeiat:on with^*he Department of Defense ti e Selective Service System defers young physicians in the Defense Department’s re i.I 'M.u training p.-jgram.to provide h. ;vi. i ;•/ tion required in, ti.C ' ‘ .) -T3. -i.-*■' '
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