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                                  EXHIBIT 24.3





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STATE OF MICHIGAN

COUNTY OF LIVINGSTON


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Charles F. Wilkins, a Director of
P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, do constitute and
appoint Robert W. Weaver and Larry J. Goddard, and each of them, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, on my behalf and in
my stead pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 for P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC., in
connection with its 1995 Stock Option Plan, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my
stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments to said Registration
Statement, incorporating such changes as the said attorneys-in-fact deem
appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of
June, 1996.


                                      /s/ Charles F. Wilkins
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                                      Charles F. Wilkins


                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

     BEFORE me this 25th day of June, 1996, came Charles F. Wilkins, personally
known to me, who in my presence did sign and seal the above and foregoing Power
of Attorney and acknowledged the same as his true act and deed.


                                      /s/ Lauri L. Trapp
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                                      NOTARY PUBLIC


                                      State of Michigan
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                                      My Commission Expires:

                                      04/08/98
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