Too Many There, Too Little Here:

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USAF is still substantially short of its complement of medical personnel. For Fiscal 2005, which ended Sept. 30, the Air Force gained 753 health professionals but needed 1,123. Coming up short of new medical folks is not new for USAF. Lt. Gen. Peach Taylor Jr., Air Force Surgeon General, told the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee this week that the Air Force “continues to face significant challenges in the recruitment and retention of physician

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