Service selects 31 Airmen for physician assistant training

Published April 28, 2010
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Air Force officials have selected 31 Airmen to attend the Interservice Physician Assistant Training Program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

The March 2010 Physician Assistant Board met at the Air Force Personnel Center to consider 85 applicants. In addition to those selected to attend training, eight alternates were selected.

Airmen attending training in December 2010 are:

Master Sgt. Daniel M. Normandin
Tech. Sgt. Joseph A. Blanco
Tech. Sgt. Trinece M. Diaz
Tech. Sgt. Michael D. Marx
Tech. Sgt. ChristyLynne McGinnis
Staff Sgt. Wyatt B. Cherry
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey R. Hartzell
Senior Airman Samantha L. Guy
Senior Airman Nathan W. Hamilton

Airmen attending training in April 2011 are:

Master Sgt. Brian M. Edick
Tech. Sgt. Daniel J. Hubbard
Tech. Sgt. Jamie R. Owsiany
Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Powell
Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Etheridge
Staff Sgt. Kevin R. Graham
Staff Sgt. Jeramiah D. Lewis
Staff Sgt. James T. Oneal II
Staff Sgt. Nathan R. Rocha
Senior Airman Kristen A. Block

Airmen attending training in August 2011 are:

Tech. Sgt. Casey S. Brock
Tech. Sgt. Daniel D. Buhler
Tech. Sgt. William E. Howard
Tech. Sgt. Bryan A. Malcolm
Staff Sgt. Trisha M. Benish
Staff Sgt. Beau J. Taylor
Staff Sgt. Valerie L. Villanueva
Staff Sgt. Jodi M. Watkins
Staff Sgt. Jason W. Webb
Senior Airman Tanya M. Anderson
Senior Airman Eric L. Atkinson
Senior Airman Broghan M. Enright

The average selectee was 29 years old with 8.75 years time in service, and had a Scholastic Aptitude Test composite score of 1,712 and a 3.57 grade point average.

Airmen who successfully complete Phase I and II course requirements for the physician assistant program will be commissioned as first lieutenants.
For more information on this and other commissioning opportunities, visit the Air Force Personnel Center personnel services Web site or call the Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.