EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT the undersigned directors and officers of McKesson HBOC, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") do hereby constitute and appoint Ivan D. Meyerson and Kristina Veaco his or her true and lawful attorney and agent, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as such Director and/or Officer, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the registration of additional General Obligations under the McKesson HBOC, Inc. Deferred Compensation Administration Plan II, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, whether filed prior or subsequent to the time such Registration Statement becomes effective. The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorneys and agents, and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents. /s/Alfred C. Eckert III /s/James V. Napier Director Director /s/Tully M. Friedman /s/David S. Pottruck Director Director /s/John H. Hammergren, /s/Carl E. Reichardt Co-President and Director Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director (co-Principal Executive Officer) /s/Alton F. Irby III /s/Alan Seelenfreund Director Chairman of the Board and Director /s/M. Christine Jacobs /s/Jane E. Shaw Director Director /s/David L. Mahoney /s/Heidi E. Yodowitz, Co-Presdient and Vice President, Controller and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director Acting Chief Financial Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer) /s/Gerald E. Mayo Director Dated: January 31, 2000