A profile is indicated by a series of physical categories in which a single number indicates the member's condition within that category. This series of categories and numbers offers a method to communicate medical information to non-medical personnel who must make career decisions about the member's duty assignments, TDYs, PCSs, or deployments. A change in a patient's physical condition requires a change in the patient's physical profile. It may be temporary or permanent. Your medical facility's profile officer, who is usually a member of PES or the FSO , accomplishes the actual change in a person's profile.
Providers recommend changes and the profile officer accomplishes the change.
The actual process for accomplishing these changes may vary from base to base so contact your PES for details. The Form 422 has several items requiring completion by the recommending provider. The top blocks are self explanatory, such as patient ID, grade, AFSC, date, etc. The next three rows of blocks are the actual categories and category numbers. Usually the recommending provider needs only fill in the revised temporary number under the letter, which is appropriate for the condition.