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841 (9) the number of captains in the staff corps concerned that the board may recommend for continuation on the active list; (10) the names of all captains in the Navy or colonels in the Marine Corps eligible for consideration for continuation on the active list; (11) the names of all officers in the promotion zone under consideration; and (12) the records of all officers whose names are furnished to the board. § 5707. Officers to be recommended for promotion or continuation (a) Of the officers considered for promotion by a selection board convened under this chapter, the board shall recommend for promotion, as appropriate— (1) those eligible male officers on the active list in the line of the Navy or on the active list of the Marine Corps whom the board considers best fitted for promotion; (2) those eligible officers on the active list of the Navy, other than women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title, under consideration for— (A) promotion to any grade in the Supply Corps or the Civil Engineer Corps; or (B) promotion to the grade of commander or above in any other staff corps; whom the board considers best fitted for promotion; (3) those eligible officers on the active list of the Navy under consideration for promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant commander in the Nurse Corps whom the board considers best fitted for promotion; (4) those eligible officers other than women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title, on the active list of the Navy in any staff corps not otherwise provided for in this subsection, whom the board considers fitted for promotion; (5) those eligible women officers, appointed under section 5590 of this title, on the active list of the Navy in the line or a staff corps or on the active list of the Marine Corps under consideration for promotion to the grade of commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant colonel, or major whom the board considers best fitted for promotion; (6) those eligible women officers, appointed under section 5590 of this title, on the active list of the Navy in the line or a staff corps or on the active list of the Marine Corps under consideration for promotion to the grade of lieutenant in the Navy or captain in the Marine Corps whom the board considers qualified for promotion; or (7) those eligible officers not on the active list of the Navy or the Marine Corps whom the board considers qualified for continued active duty, (b) Each selection board convened under the preceding sections of this chapter to recommend officers for continuation on the active list shall recommend those officers under consideration whom it considers best fitted for continued service on the active list. (c) From among those eligible officers on the active list of the Navy or on the active list of the Marine Corps who are junior in