As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2003.
                               File No. 333-64187
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                      ____________________________________
                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                             PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC.
               (Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)

          Florida                                               59-2280364
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                          Identification Number)

             4345 Southpoint Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32216
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal
                               Executive Offices)

                 GULF SOUTH MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC. 1997 STOCK PLAN
                 GULF SOUTH MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC. 1992 STOCK PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plans)

                                 David A. Smith
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                             PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC.
                            4345 Southpoint Boulevard
                           Jacksonville, Florida 32216
                                 (904) 332-3000
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)
                             _______________________

                          DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 relates to the  Registration  Statement on
Form S-8  (File  No.  333-64187)  (the  'Registration  Statement') of PSS World
Medical,  Inc. (the 'Company') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on September 24, 1998, which registered 1,205,554 shares of the Company's common
stock to be issued  to  participants  under the  Company's  Gulf  South  Medical
Supply, Inc. 1997 Stock Plan and Gulf South Medical Supply, Inc. 1992 Stock Plan
(together, the 'Plans').

The Board of Directors of the Company terminated the Plans effective as of March
26, 2003.  In  accordance  with an  undertaking  contained  in the  Registration
Statement to remove from registration,  by means of a post-effective  amendment,
any of the  securities  which remain unsold at the  termination of the offering,
the Company  hereby  removes from  registration  the  securities  of the Company
registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.



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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the  registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused  this  Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Jacksonville, State of Florida, on April 16, 2003.



                       PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC.
                                      (Registrant)

                                /s/ /David M. Bronson
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                       David M. Bronson
                       Senior Vice President and
                       Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signature                     Capacity                          Date

/s/ David A. Smith          President, Chief Executive           April 16, 2003
- ------------------------    Officer and Director
David A. Smith              (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David M. Bronson        Senior Vice President and            April 16, 2003
- ------------------------    Chief Financial Officer
David M. Bronson            (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ T. O'Neal Douglas       Director                             April 16, 2003
- ------------------------
T. O'Neal Douglas

/s/ Melvin L. Hecktman      Director                             April 16, 2003
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Melvin L. Hecktman

/s/ Clark A. Johnson        Director                             April 16, 2003
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Clark A. Johnson

/s/ Delores P. Kesler       Director                             April 16, 2003
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Delores P. Kesler

/s/ Charles R. Scott        Director                             April 16, 2003
- ------------------------
Charles R. Scott

/s/ Charles E. Adair        Director                             April 16, 2003
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Charles E. Adair


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