Two-dimensional magic-angle-spinning (2D-MAS) NMR has been used to measure the orientation parameter, P2, of the diphenylene propane unit in bisphenol-A polycarbonate oriented by stretching to various extension ratios, ~, at T = 295 K and T = 403 K. P2 is proportional to the birefringence An, with a maximum birefringence Ano = 0.189. There is some evidence that the order parameter P~ of the DPP units with respect to the chain axis deviates from unity. Ano is therefore expected to be different from the birefringence, An'o, of perfectly aligned chains of polycarbonate. The experimental resuks obtained for P2(~) are compared to those predicted by the aggregate model.