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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.3
 
PROXY
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
                      SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                     FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
                               OLSTEN CORPORATION
 
     The undersigned hereby appoints Frank N. Liguori, Stuart Olsten and Laurin
L. Laderoute, Jr., jointly and severally, as proxies, with full power of
substitution, to represent the undersigned and vote all shares of Common Stock
of Olsten Corporation (the "Company") which the undersigned is entitled to vote
at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at the
executive offices of the Company, 175 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York
11747-8905 on June 28, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. and at any adjournments thereof, upon
the following matters and upon such other matters as may properly come before
the meeting.
 
     THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE
SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, SUCH SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL 1
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES ON ANY OTHER MATTER THAT
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
 
       CONTINUED, AND TO BE VOTED, SIGNED AND DATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
 
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   PLEASE MARK      ------
  YOUR VOTES AS        X
  INDICATED IN
  THIS EXAMPLE.     ------

 
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSAL 1.

                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                           FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN
1. To approve the issuance of shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock, par value $.10 per share
   ("Class B Stock"), and the issuance of shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.10 per        ----     ----      ----
   share, upon conversion of such shares of Class B Stock, in connection with an Amended and Restated
   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 1996, by and among the Company, QHR Acquisition       ----     ----      ----
   Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and Quantum Health Resources, Inc.
2. In their discretion, upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting.

 
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SIGNATURE(S)  DATED  ______________________ , 1996
 
PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ABOVE AND RETURN IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE. IF ACTING AS EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, TRUSTEE, ETC., PLEASE SO
INDICATE WHEN SIGNING. IF THE SIGNER IS A CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE FULL
CORPORATE NAME, BY DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER. IF SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY, EACH
SHAREHOLDER SHOULD SIGN. IF A PARTNERSHIP, PLEASE SIGN IN PARTNERSHIP NAME BY
AUTHORIZED PERSON.
 
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