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The guidelines were published this week in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. Health.com: Have your best gyno visit ever. ACOG had previously recommended that women receive their first Pap test three years after having sex for the first time, or no later than age 21, with annual checkups after that.
Follow Following Unfollow Pending Disabled. A Patricia Geraghty, NP , Women's Health, answered. A woman over 30 years old, who has had normal pap smears and negative HPV tests, should continue to have pap smears every 5 years. She may stop having pap smears at age 65.