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The AFF segment adds detailed information regarding professional affiliations with which the staff member identified by the STF segment is/was associated.

HL7 Attribute Table - AFF - Professional Affiliation Segment

Seq#	DataElement	Description	Must Implement	Flags	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	DataType
AFF
1	01427	Set ID – AFF	SHALL		[1..1]	[1..4]			SI
2	01444	Professional Organization	SHALL		[1..1]				XON
3	01445	Professional Organization Address			[0..1]				XAD
4	01446	Professional Organization Affiliation Date Range			[0..*]				DR
5	01447	Professional Affiliation Additional Information		=	[0..1]		60		ST

Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the segment, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

Definition: This field contains the official name of the association promoting specific professional interests with which the staff member is affiliated.

Definition: This field contains the postal address of the professional organization with which the Staff Member is associated.

Definition: This field contains the period the staff member started and ended membership in the professional organization.

Definition: This field contains miscellaneous additional information related to the staff member's membership in the professional organization.