UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 24, 2007

                              ATC HEALTHCARE, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         Delaware                   0-11380                 11-2650500
(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)            File Number)         Identification Number)


     1983 Marcus Avenue
     Lake Success, New York                                   11042
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                                 (516) 750-1600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain  Officers;  Election of Directors;
            Appointment of Certain  Officers;  Compensatory Arrangements of
            Certain Officers.


     On December 24, 2007, the Board of Directors appointed Gerald P. Halpern to
the  Board of  Directors  to  finish  the  term of Dr.  Bernard  Firestone.  Mr.
Halpern's  appointment to the Board expires in August 2010. He will serve on the
Board's Audit Committee and Compensation and Stock Option Committee.

     Mr.  Halpern  has served as general  counsel or special  counsel to several
healthcare  companies,  mental health clinics, and other healthcare  facilities.
For more than 25 years,  Mr.  Halpern  was legal  counsel  to the New York State
Association of Healthcare Providers.  He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of
the New York City Housing and Rehabilitation Administration. He currently serves
as an arbitrator in the Nassau District Court in Nassau County, New York.

     No arrangements or understandings between Mr. Halpern and any other persons
exist  pursuant to which Mr.  Halpern was  selected as a director.  There are no
transactions  or series of  transactions,  since the  beginning of the Company's
last  fiscal  year,  or  any  currently   proposed   transaction  or  series  of
transactions  to which the Company was or is to be a party,  in which the amount
involved  exceeds  $120,000 and in which Mr. Halpern had, or will have, a direct
or indirect material interest.

     As a  non-employee  director  of the  Company,  Mr.  Halpern is expected to
receive a fee of  $10,000  per  annum  for  service  on the  Company's  Board of
Directors.






                                   SIGNATURES
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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                         ATC HEALTHCARE, INC.


                                         By:  /S/ David Kimbell
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                                              David Kimbell
                                              Senior Vice President-Finance,
                                              Chief Financial Officer and
                                              Treasurer



Date:   December 27, 2007