Under the agreement, a five-member panel will be established to review the planned layoffs of 50 doctors.

Meanwhile, the five-member independent panel is expected to report near the end of the year.

A five-member panel composed of four men and one woman will render a final decision.

It also created the five-member outside panel to handle senior appointments.

The five-member panel voted unanimously after a 40-minute hearing, he said.

And it would create a five-member panel to control dissemination of the data.

The winners were selected by a five-member panel of scholars and will share the money.

At the hearing last January, the five-member civilian panel heard testimony from several witnesses.

The five-member independent panel, which has both Democrats and Republicans, did not explain today's vote.

The appointment leaves one other seat vacant on the five-member panel.