Puede utilizar una subconsulta. La subconsulta obtendrá el Max(CompletedDate)
. Luego toma este valor y se une a su mesa nuevamente para recuperar la nota asociada con esa fecha:
select ET1.TrainingID,
ET1.CompletedDate,
ET1.Notes
from HR_EmployeeTrainings ET1
inner join
(
select Max(CompletedDate) CompletedDate, TrainingID
from HR_EmployeeTrainings
--where AvantiRecID IS NULL OR AvantiRecID = @avantiRecID
group by TrainingID
) ET2
on ET1.TrainingID = ET2.TrainingID
and ET1.CompletedDate = ET2.CompletedDate
where ET1.AvantiRecID IS NULL OR ET1.AvantiRecID = @avantiRecID