scope:

Purpose.

The processes used to determine officer accession and training requirements have various uses. The first is to determine the number required to sustain each career field to accomplish its functional mission for the Air Force. The second is to provide commissioning sources with stabilized accession goals to afford ample time to produce officers with the proper education background to meet Air Force career field sustainment requirements. Third, accession determination processes provide AFPC Non-Rated Line Officer Accessions with career field-specific requirements, maximizing the opportunity to project the number of officers that may be assigned to each career field based on Air Force needs and academic qualifications. Lastly, this process links accession sustainment requirements to programmatic funding process for initial skills training.