  In the random acceleration process, a point particle is accelerated according
to $\ddot{x}=\eta(t)$, where the right hand side represents Gaussian white
noise with zero mean. We begin with the case of a particle with initial
position $x_0$ and initial velocity $v_0$ and review the statistics of its
first arrival at the origin and its first return to the origin. Multiple
returns to the origin, motion with a constant force in addition to a random
force, and persistence properties for several boundary conditions at the origin
are also considered. Next we review first-exit properties of a randomly
accelerated particle from the finite interval $0<x<1$. Then the close
connection between the extreme value statistics of a randomly accelerated
particle and its first-passage properties is discussed. Finally some
applications where first-passage statistics of the random acceleration process
play a role are considered.
