; oath A special selection board convened under paragraph ((1) shall be appointed and composed in accordance with section 20212 of this title (including the representation of competitive categories required by that section), and the members of sch a board shall take an oath in the same manner as prescribed in section 14103 of this title. (3) Record considered by board The special selection board shall consider the record of the officer or former officer as that record, if corrected, would have appeared to the board that considered the officer or former officer. That record shall be compared with the records of a sampling of those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were recommended for promotion, and those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were not recommended for promotion, by that board. (4) Effect If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion a officer or former officer whose name was referred to it for consideration, the officer or former officer incurs no additional failure of selection for promotion. (c) Report of board Each special selection board convened under this section shall submit to the Secretary of the Air Force a written report, signed by each member of the board, containing the name of each officer or former officer it recommends for promotion and certifying that the board has carefully considered the record of each officer or former officer whose name was referred to it. (d) Applicable provisions The provisions of sections 20215 and 20216 of this title apply to the report and proceedings of a special selection board convened under this section in the same manner as they apply to the report and proceedings of a selection board convened under section 20211 of this title. (e) Appointment of officers recommended for promotion (1) Promotion An officer or former officer whose name is placed on a promotion list as a result of a recommendation for promotion by a special selection board convened under this section