HMMT 2004 U31

$P$ is a point inside triangle $A B C$, and lines $A P, B P, C P$ intersect the opposite sides $B C, C A, A B$ in points $D, E, F$, respectively. It is given that $\angle A P B=90^{\circ}$, and that $A C=B C$ and $A B=B D$. We also know that $B F=1$, and that $B C=999$. Find $A F$.