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                               July 16, 2021

       Rajiv Shukla
       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
       ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP III
       1177 Avenue of the Americas
       5th Floor
       New York, NY 10036

                                                        Re: ALPHA HEALTHCARE
ACQUISITION CORP III
                                                            Amendment No. 3 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed July 12, 2021
                                                            File No. 333-253876

       Dear Mr. Shukla:

              We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comments. In
       some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so
we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed July 12,
2021

       General

   1.                                                   We note your disclosure
that your anchor investors have each indicated an interest in
                                                        purchasing up to 9.9%
of the units in the offering, up to an aggregate of approximately
                                                        $100 million of units
in this offering. Revise your disclosure to identify the anchor
                                                        investors. In light of
the significant number of units that will be purchased if each of the
                                                        anchor investors
fulfills their commitment, also revise your disclosures elsewhere in the
                                                        prospectus to reflect
the total number and percentage of shares that may be held by the
                                                        anchor investors, your
sponsor and officers and directors, with a view to putting into
                                                        context statements such
as "a smaller portion of affirmative votes from other public
                                                        shareholders would be
required to approve [y]our initial business combination."
 Rajiv Shukla
ALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP III
July 16, 2021
Page 2
2.       Please file the agreements between the sponsor and the anchor
investors as exhibits to the
         registration statement, given the provisions that relate to you that
appear to be contained in
         the exhibits.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

         Please contact Mara Ransom at 202-551-3264 with any other questions.



FirstName LastNameRajiv Shukla            Sincerely,
Comapany NameALPHA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP III
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