BY ORDER OF THE
CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU
AIR NATIONAL GUARD INSTRUCTION
41-102
21 APRIL 2021
Medical Command
EARLY APPOINTMENT PROGRAM
FOR PHYSICIANS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading on the e-Publishing
website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: NGB/SGP
Supersedes: ANGI41-102, 12 April 2016
Certified by: NGB/SG
(Col Kenneth S. Egerstrom)
Pages: 7
This instruction governs the Early Commissioning Program (ECP) for medical students appointed
in the Medical Service Corps (MSC) prior to completing requirements for reappointment in the
Medical Corps (MC). This Air National Guard Instruction (ANGI) prescribes the qualifications,
duties, and responsibilities for medical students, unlicensed residents, and the Guard Medical Unit
(GMU) in the requirements for the ECP.
This ANGI may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements must be routed to OPR for
coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about
this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847,
Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through
appropriate functional’s chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements
in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the
compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description of
the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of
command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the Publication OPR
for non-tiered compliance items. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed
in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-322, Records
Management and Information Goverance Program, and disposed of in accordance with (IAW)
Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule
(RDS) located at https://www.my.af.mil/afrims/afrims/afrims/rims.cfm.
