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BMO Capital Markets Hosts Institutional Investor Conference on the Healthcare Staffing Industry

BMO Capital Markets will hold its second annual investor conference devoted to the healthcare staffing industry on Thursday, March 22, 2007. The event, which is being held at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City, will be hosted by Jeffrey Silber, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst.

Mr. Silber forecasts healthcare staffing revenue growth will continue to accelerate in 2007, marking the fourth straight year of accelerating growth.

The conference will feature presentations from executives of leading companies in the healthcare and staffing industries. A luncheon keynote address will be delivered by Peter Buerhaus, Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Presentations are being broadcast live and archived at:

http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/healthcarestaffing2007/default.aspx

An up to the minute agenda with presentation times for the conference is also available on the web site.

Media interested in attending the conference and/or scheduling interviews are asked to call (416) 867-3996.

Scheduled presenters and times are*:


8:30 a.m.	OPENING REMARKS Jeffrey Silber, Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst, BMO Capital Markets


8:45	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE (CCRN) Joe Boshart, President & CEO


9:30	ON ASSIGNMENT (ASGN) Peter Dameris, President & CEO Jim Brill, SVP – Finance & CFO


10:30	AMN Healthcare Services (AHS)
	Susan Nowakowski, President, CEO & Director


11:15	HEALTHCARE STAFFING INDUSTRY TRENDS PANEL:
	Access Nurses: Alan Braynin, CEO
	ATC Healthcare (AHN): David Savitsky, CEO
	FASTAFF / U.S. Nursing: Greg Mikkelsen, President & CEO
	Supplement Health Care: Mike Jacoutot, President & CEO

12:15	LUNCHEON GUEST SPEAKER
	Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center


1:30	Medical Staffing Network (MRN)
	Kevin Little, President & CFO
	Jeff Yesner, VP of Finance

2:30	HEALTHCARE STAFFING CUSTOMER PANEL:
	All About Staffing (subsidiary of HCA): Linda Doughty, COO, Ethics & Compliance Officer
	Broadlane: Jeff Ondeck, SVP, Service Lines
	NorthShoreLIJ Health Systems: Joe Cabral, Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer

3:30	HEALTHCARE STAFFING M&A TRENDS PANEL:
	CHG Healthcare Services: Mike Weinholtz, President & CEO
	Gryphon Partners: Alex Earls, Vice President
	Nursefinders: Ray Marcy, Executive Chairman

*Agenda subject to change.

BMO Capital Markets is a leading North American financial services provider offering investment and corporate banking, advisory services, treasury and market risk management, institutional investing, and research. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), which has more than US$284.9 billion in total assets and 35,000 employees as of October 31, 2006. For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.

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