VMS Help FORTRAN, Data, Records, Field References  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Fields within a record can be accessed collectively or
  individually.  Record references are either qualified or
  unqualified.

  A qualified reference refers to a typed data item and can be used
  wherever an ordinary variable is allowed.  Type conversion rules
  are the same as for variables.  Its form is:

     rname[.cfname...cfname].afname

  Unqualified references refer to a record structure or substructure
  and can be used (in most cases) like arrays.

     rname[.cfname...cfname]

  rname    The name used in the RECORD statement to
           identify a record.

  cfname   A substructure field name within the record
           identified by record-name.

  afname   The name of a typed data item within a structure
           declaration.