Article: ACTIVE DUTY Brighton doctor denied in try to leave Air Force

A Brighton doctor has lost in his attempt to renege on an agreement to serve in the US Air Force in return for his free medical education.

Gilbert P. Hager, M.D., a captain in the Air Force, was denied a petition for habeas corpus yesterday by Judge David Nelson of the federal District Court in Boston.

Nelson's denial of the writ permits the Air Force to call Hager up for active duty immediately.

Hager joined the US Air Force Health Professionals Scholarship Program in 1981. Commissioned a second lieutenant, he received his medical training and post-graduate medical training at Air Force expense. In return, Hager agreed to spend four years as a physician in the service of the Air ...

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