38 Airmen selected for physician assistant program Published April 12, 2013 By Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- More than three dozen Airmen, including one U.S. Air Force Academy cadet, have been selected for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today. Out of 52 applicants, six officers (one an alternate), one U.S. Air Force Academy cadet and 31 enlisted members were selected for the program conducted at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Originally open only to enlisted members, IPAP is now open to enlisted, officers and Academy and Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, said Kevin Smith, the AFPC Biomedical Sciences Corps education manager. Once enlisted members complete the program, they will be commissioned as first lieutenants, Smith said. In addition, senior airmen selected for IPAP will be promoted to staff sergeant the day before they depart for the course. Technical sergeants and above selected for promotion will pin on before the program entry date as well. While attending IPAP, officers and cadets will be conditionally reappointed as Medical Service Corps officers and will wear the grade as required. Officers selected must start their training in the current fiscal year, and will join three enlisted students selected in March 2012 for the final class of fiscal 2013. August IPAP students include the following: Capt. Jennifer Middlebrooks, Air Combat Command Capt. Ryan Seymour, Air Education and Training Command Capt. Megan Gail Steele, Air Force Global Strike Command 1st Lt. Craig Ameduri, Air Mobility Command 2nd Lt. Brittany Loeser, Air Force Space Command Cadet Laura Young, U.S. Air Force Academy August 2013 students selected in 2012: Senior Airman Elissa Nicole Beebe Senior Airman Nicholas Cruz Bialobos Staff Sergeant Megan Leigh Stanton August IPAP Alternate: Capt. Amanda Curtis, AETC December IPAP students include the following: Master Sgt. Thaddeus Mitcham, AFGSC Master Sgt. Garrett Reilly, AMC Master Sgt. Nicholas Wentworth, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Tech. Sgt. James Bryan McDonald, AETC Tech. Sgt. Erin Pauline Schmitz, ACC Tech. Sgt. Jason Michael Simmons, Air Force Special Operations Command Staff Sgt. Mario De La Barrera, USAFE Staff Sgt. Shannon Long, Air Force District of Washington Staff Sgt. Joshua Timothy Neal, AFSOC Staff Sgt. Collin Urbanowicz, ACC Staff Sgt. Jonathon Williams, AETC Senior Airman Cortnee Noel Simmers, AFDW April 2014 students include the following: Master Sgt. Jeremy James Thompson, ACC Tech. Sgt. Jesse Leon Jenkins, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Tech. Sgt. Jennifer J. Saner, AFDW Tech. Sgt. Thomas Bradley Williams, AMC Staff Sgt. Gregory John Walla Ford, USAFE Staff Sgt. Samuel Douglas Jennings, AFMC Staff Sgt. Adam David Myers, AETC Staff Sgt. Christopher Allen Pina, AETC Staff Sgt. John George Proen, Jr, AFGSC Senior Airman Cindy Jessenia Fernandez, ACC Senior Airman David Lee Fleming, ACC Senior Airman Ryan Christopher Griffith, AETC August 2014 students include the following: Tech. Sgt. Kristofer James Darrow, AETC Staff Sgt. Michael Anbese Deme, ISR Staff Sgt. Sidonia N Farnsworth, PACAF Staff Sgt. Juan Mercado Guzman, USAFE Staff Sgt. Everlino Aben Ramos, ACC Senior Airman Chad Michael Betty, USAFE Senior Airman Laura Jean Fuller, ACC The average selectee is 28 years old with seven-plus years in service, an SAT composite score of 1,723 and a 3.43 academic grade point average, Smith said. For more information about Air Force medical fields and opportunities, go to the medical knowledge exchange site at https://kx.afms.mil, or the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil.