asked the Secretary of State for Air if speedier notification can be given to serving applicants for permanent commissions in the R.A.F. whose applications are unsuccessful, in order that men who desire to do so may claim special release in order to pursue interrupted studies at the universities from the beginning of the academic year.

In an Air Ministry Order published on the 13th February, candidates for permanent commissions in the Royal Air Force were told that, if they had been selected, they would be so informed before the 28th and that, if they heard nothing further by that date, they must assume that their applications had been unsuccessful. This Order, however, did not apply to the Medical, Dental, Legal and Chaplains branches, nor to the R.A.F. Regiment. In these branches, further selections will still be made.