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     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       All active duty and retired or separated medical service corps 
   officers.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       File contains personnel correspondence to and from individual 
   medical service corps officers and forms relating to assignment, 
   extension, Air Force Specialty Code, and other selected documents.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force: Powers and duties; 
   delegation by; and 8067(d), Designation: Officers to perform certain 
   professional functions.
   Purpose(s): 
       Information is used solely for the purpose of recommending 
   individual for assignment, extension, statistical data, promotion or 
   advanced training.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
       In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 
   U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information 
   contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a 
   routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
       The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Air 
   Force's compilation of systems of records notices apply to this 
   system.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
     Storage: 
       Maintained in file folders.
     Retrievability: 
       Retrieved by name.
     Safeguards: 
       Records are stored in locked cabinets or rooms.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Records are retained in active file as long as officer is on 
   active duty, in inactive file one year from date of retirement, 
   resignation, or separation, and are then destroyed by tearing into 
   pieces, shredding, pulping, macerating or burning.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States Air Force, 
   Washington, DC 20332.
     Notification procedure: 
       Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
   themselves is contained in this system should address written 
   inquiries to or visit The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States 
   Air Force, Washington, DC 20332.
     Record access procedures: 
       Individuals seeking access to information about themselves 
   contained in this system should address written inquiries to or visit 
   The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States Air Force, 
   Washington, DC 20332.
     Contesting record procedures: 
       The Air Force rules for accessing records, and for contesting 
   contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in 
   Air Force Instruction 37-132; 32 CFR part 806b; or may be obtained 
   from the system manager.
     Record source categories: 
       Information obtained from educational institutions, from Senior 
   Medical Service Corps officers, and from the Air Force Manpower and 
   Personnel Center.
     Exemptions claimed for the system:
       None.

   #..F044 AFSG F

   #....System name: 

       Veterinary Personnel Files.
     System location: 
       Headquarters, Air Force Medical Service Center/SGPA and United 
   States Air Force SAM/US, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78232.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       All active duty and retired or separated veterinary officers.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       File contains personal correspondence to and from individual 
   veterinary officer and forms relating to assignment, extension, Air 
   Force Specialty Code, promotion, and other selected documents.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force: Powers and duties; 
   delegation by; and 8067(k) Designation: Officers to perform certain 
   professional functions.
   Purpose(s): 
       Information is used solely for the purpose of recommending 
   individual for assignment, extension or advanced training.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
       In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 
   U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information 
   contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a 
   routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
       The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Air 
   Force's compilation of systems of records notices apply to this 
   system.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
     Storage: 
       Maintained in file folders.
     Retrievability: 
       Retrieved by name.
     Safeguards: 
       Records are accessed by authorized personnel who are properly 
   screened and cleared for need-to-know. Records are stored in locked 
   cabinets or rooms.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Retained in active file as long as officer is on active duty and 
   in inactive file one year from date of retirement, resignation, or 
   separation. Then they are destroyed by tearing into pieces, 
   shredding, pulping, macerating or burning.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States Air Force, 
   Washington, DC 20330.
     Notification procedure: 
       Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
   themselves is contained in this system should address written 
   inquiries to or visit The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States 
   Air Force, Washington, DC 20330.
     Record access procedures: 
       Individuals seeking access to information about themselves 
   contained in this system should address written inquiries to or visit 
   The Surgeon General, Headquarters United States Air Force, 
   Washington, DC 20330.
     Contesting record procedures: 
       The Air Force rules for accessing records, and for contesting 
   contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in 
   Air Force Instruction 37-132; 32 CFR part 806b; or may be obtained 
   from the system manager.
     Record source categories: 
       Information obtained from educational institutions, from Command, 
   Air Force Veterinarians and Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center 
   Records.
     Exemptions claimed for the system:
       None.

   #..F044 AFSG G

   #....System name: 

       Aircrew Standards Case File.
     System location: 
       Headquarters, Air Force Medical Service Center/SGPA, Brooks Air 
   Force Base, TX 78235.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       This record system is maintained on all Air Force members who 
   have been considered for medical waiver for flying duty due to 
   conditions defined as serious illness or for waiver for flying 
   training.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       The record system contains members' Report of Medical 
   Examination, Report of Medical History, Narrative Summary, 
   Aeromedical Evaluation, Electrocardiographic Record, Clinical Record 
   Consultation Sheet, and USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Evaluation 
   Report (if accomplished).
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       10 U.S.C. 8013, Secretary of the Air Force: Powers and duties; 
   delegation by, as implemented by Air Force Regulation 160-43, Medical 
   Examination and Medical Standards.
   Purpose(s): 
       Used to determine if a previous action has been taken, if a 
   precedent exists for granting a waiver for a specific medical 
   condition, and to provide a scientific basis to justify and improve 
   waiver policies.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
       In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 
   U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information 
   contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a 
   routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
       The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Air 
   Force's compilation of systems of records notices apply to this 
   system.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
     Storage: 
       Maintained in microform and on computer.
     Retrievability: 
       Retrieved by name.
     Safeguards: 
       Records are accessed by custodian of the record system and by 
   persons responsible for servicing the record system in performance of 
   their official duties.
     Retention and disposal: 
       Retained in office files until superseded, obsolete, no longer 
   needed for reference, or on inactivation, then destroyed by tearing 
   into pieces, shredding, pulping, macerating, or burning.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       HQ AFMSC/SGPA, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235.
     Notification procedure: 
       Individuals seeking to determine whether information about 
   themselves is contained in this system should address written 
   inquiries to or visit the HQ AFMSC/SGPA, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 
   78235.
     Record access procedures: 
       Individuals seeking access to information about themselves 
   contained in this system should address written inquiries to or visit 
   the HQ AFMSC/SGPA, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235.
     Contesting record procedures: 
       The Air Force rules for accessing records, and for contesting 
   contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in 
   Air Force Instruction 37-132; 32 CFR part 806b; or may be obtained 
   from the system manager.
     Record source categories: 
       Information obtained from medical institutions.
     Exemptions claimed for the system:
       None.

   #..F044 AF SG A

   #....System name: 

       United States Air Force Hearing Conservation Record System.
     System location: 
       Air Force hospitals, medical centers and clinics; USAF 
   Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory (OEHL), Brooks Air 
   Force Base, TX 78235.
     Categories of individuals covered by the system: 
       All Air Force military or civilian employees who are entered in 
   the Hearing Conservation Program due to working in noise hazard 
   areas.
     Categories of records in the system: 
       DD Forms 2215 and 2216 which documents name; Social Security 
   Number; military grade or rank, or Civil Service grade; date of 
   birth; sex; USAF specialty or job code; the organization to which the 
   individual is assigned complete with address and duty phone number; 
   whether military or civilian; time, day of week, date of audiometric 
   test; hours since last noise exposure; whether hearing protection was 
   used during last noise exposures, whether ear problem existed at time 
   of test, type of audiometer used, i.e., manual or automatic, date of 
   last audiometer calibration, hearing threshold levels for 500, 1000, 
   2000, 3000, 4000 and 6000Hz frequencies in each ear including results 
   of current audiometric examination, his reference or initial 
   examination and any shift between these two examinations in each ear; 
   whether or not earplugs were issued at time of audiometric 
   examination or have been previously issued; type of earplug and size 
   for each ear; if noise ear muff issued; if individual wears glasses; 
   any pertinent remarks relative to the individual, noise exposure, 
   hearing, etc.; and the audiometric examiner's name, Air Force 
   Specialty Code, Social Security Number, and office symbol. File also 
   contains information on AF Form 1621, Evaluation of Individual Noise 
   Exposure, which is used to document data and observations relating to 
   an individual's exposure to occupational noise and an AF Form 1672, 
   Hearing Conservation Diagnostic Center Referral, which contains 
   follow-up audiometric examination data similar to that in DD Forms 
   2215 and 2216.
     Authority for maintenance of the system: 
       29 CFR 1910.95, Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Pub. L. 
   91-596, The Occupational Safety and Health Act; E.O. 12196, the 
   Occupational Safety and Health Program for Federal Employees, as 
   implemented by Air Force Regulation 161-35, Hazardous Noise Exposure.
   Purpose(s): 
       Used by USAF Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory 
   (OEHL) to provide continuing review of the Air Force Hearing 
   Conservation Program by updating damage-risk criteria, modifying 
   monitoring audiometry program procedures, validating personnel 
   disposition procedures relating to occupationally induced hearing 
   losses, evaluating hearing protective devices and procedures, at the 
   specific request of a USAF Medical Facility to provide an historical 
   record of the results of an individual's monitoring audiometric test 
   results.
       Also used by USAF School of Aerospace Medicine for Research 
   Associated with noise induced hearing losses.
       Used by base Medical Personnel to monitor employees health status 
   for occupational health programs, to use in formulating 
   recommendations to supervisors on requirements to remove individual 
   from further exposure, to determine need for investigation of 
   workplace environment for abnormal exposure conditions.
       Used by supervisors to determine whether employee can continue to 
   work in the exposure situation, to determine relative risk of various 
   work tasks, to improve safety of noise exposure procedures.
     Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including 
   categories of users and the purposes of such uses: 
       In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 
   U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information 
   contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a 
   routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
       Used by Bureau of Employees Compensation for Information relating 
   to individuals' claims relating to occupationally induced hearing 
   losses.
       The `Blanket Routine Uses' published at the beginning of the Air 
   Force's compilation of systems of records notices apply to this 
   system.
     Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, 
   retaining, and disposing of records in the system: 
     Storage: 
       Maintained in file folders and on computer magnetic tapes.
     Retrievability: 
       Retrieved by name, Social Security Number, date of birth, and Air 
   Force Specialty Code/Job Code.
     Safeguards: 
       Records are accessed by commanders of medical centers and 
   hospitals, by custodian of the record system, and by person(s) 
   responsible for servicing the record system in performance of their 
   official duties who are properly screened and cleared for need-to-
   know. Records are controlled by computer system software.
     Retention and disposal: 
       At Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory (OEHL), 
   retained in computer until no longer needed; at bases, retained as 
   part of medical record for fifty years after date of latest document, 
   then destroyed.
     System manager(s) and address: 
       Air Force Medical Service Center, Aerospace Medical Consultants 
   Division, Directorate of Professional Services (HQ AFMSC/SGPA), 

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