The GET statement moves a record from a file to a record buffer and  makes
  the  data  available  for  processing.   GET  statements  are valid on RMS
  sequential, relative, indexed, and block I/O files.

  Examples

  GET #1%
  GET #2%, RECORD 155%, WAIT 0%
  GET #1%, KEY #0 EQ "JONES"
  GET #2%, RFA Address(5)
  GET #1%, RECORD A%, ALLOW READ