FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contacts:   Michael D. Abney            Michael T. Druckman   
            Chief Financial Officer     Chief Financial Officer 
            AccuStaff Incorporated      Career Horizons, Inc. 
            (904) 725-5574              (516) 682-1403


      ACCUSTAFF AND CAREER HORIZONS JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
           DECLARED EFFECTIVE BY SEC AND MAILED TO STOCKHOLDERS
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      SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 14, 1996

   JACKSONVILLE, Florida (October 9, 1996) - AccuStaff Incorporated
   (Nasdaq/NM:ASTF) and Career Horizons, Inc. (NYSE:CHZ) today announced  
   that the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the Agreement
   and Plan of Merger under which Career Horizons will be acquired by and
   merged into a subsidiary of AccuStaff was declared effective by the
   Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 1996.  Proxy
   materials were mailed on October 8, 1996, to stockholders of record as
   of October 4, 1996, of both companies in advance of the companies'
   special meetings of stockholders which will each be held on November
   14, 1996.
   
   Career Horizons' special meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time
   on November 14, 1996, at the Long Island Marriott Hotel, 101 James
   Doolittle Boulevard, Uniondale, New York.  AccuStaff's meeting will be
   held at 10:00 a.m. local time on November 14, 1996, in the South
   Ballroom of the Prime F. Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water Street,
   Jacksonville, Florida.
   
   The companies also stated that they have received notice from the
   Federal Trade Commission of early termination of the waiting period
   under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
   
   AccuStaff Incorporated, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is
   organized into three divisions:  Professional Services, which provides
   personnel for information technology, technical/engineering, legal and
   accounting; Commercial, which provides clerical, office automation and
   light industrial services; and Telecommunications, which provides a
   national customer with trained customer care and telemarketing
   services.
   
   Headquartered in Woodbury, New York, Career Horizons provides
   temporary personnel for clerical, commercial, hospital and other
   health care functions, and information technology.  The Company also
   provides financial and support services to associated temporary
   personnel firms.
   
   Upon completion of the merger, AccuStaff will have over 750 offices in
   43 states and the District of Columbia, and combined annual estimated
   1997 revenues in excess of $1.7 billion.
   

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