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                                                                       EXHIBIT 1

                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
First American Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement No.
2-81685 on Form S-8, as amended, of First American Corporation of our report
dated June 10, 1999, relating to the statements of net assets available for
benefits with fund information of First American Corporation First Incentive
Reward Savings Thrift Plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
statements of changes in net assets available for benefits with fund information
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, and all
related schedules which report appears in the December 31, 1998 annual report on
Form 11-K of First American Corporation.



                                             /s/ KPMG LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
June 21, 1999