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<LEGEND>
The Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the company's
financial  statements  contained in the company's 10-Q for the nine months ended
September  30,  1998 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        First Medical Group

                             
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