EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                     THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
                       1997 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

Each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of The PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. ("PNC"), a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and
appoints Samuel R. Patterson, Karen M. Barrett and Thomas R. Moore, and each of
them individually, with full power to act without the others and with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent to execute for the undersigned and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) to be filed for the offering of shares of
PNC common stock in connection with the above-referenced plan, and any successor
plan or plans, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to such registration statement, and any subsequent registration statements filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulating body, hereby
granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person;

And each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that any said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute, lawfully does or causes to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following persons have duly signed this Power of
Attorney this 20th day of November, 2003.



Name/Signature                                                Capacity
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/s/ James E. Rohr                                             Chairman, Chief Executive
- -------------------------------------                         Officer and Director
James E. Rohr                                                 (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Paul W. Chellgren                                         Director
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Paul W. Chellgren








                                                           
/s/ Robert N. Clay                                            Director
- -------------------------------------
Robert N. Clay

/s/ J. Gary Cooper                                            Director
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J. Gary Cooper

/s/ George A. Davidson, Jr.                                   Director
- -------------------------------------
George A. Davidson, Jr.


/s/ William S. Demchak                                        Vice Chairman and
- -------------------------------------                         Chief Financial Officer
William S. Demchak                                            (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ Richard B. Kelson                                         Director
- -------------------------------------
Richard B. Kelson

/s/ Bruce C. Lindsay                                          Director
- -------------------------------------
Bruce C. Lindsay

/s/ Anthony A. Massaro                                        Director
- -------------------------------------
Anthony A. Massaro

/s/ Thomas H. O'Brien                                         Director
- -------------------------------------
Thomas H. O'Brien

/s/ Samuel R. Patterson                                       Controller
- -------------------------------------                         (Principal Accounting Officer)
Samuel R. Patterson


/s/ Jane G. Pepper                                            Director
- -------------------------------------
Jane G. Pepper

/s/ Lorene K. Steffes                                         Director
- -------------------------------------
Lorene K. Steffes






                                                           
/s/ Dennis F. Strigl                                          Director
- -------------------------------------
Dennis F. Strigl

/s/ Stephen G. Thieke                                         Director
- -------------------------------------
Stephen G. Thieke

/s/ Thomas J. Usher                                           Director
- -------------------------------------
Thomas J. Usher

/s/ Milton A. Washington                                      Director
- -------------------------------------
Milton A. Washington

/s/ Helge H. Wehmeier                                         Director
- -------------------------------------
Helge H. Wehmeier