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BMO Capital Markets to Host Third Annual Healthcare Staffing Investor Forum

NEW YORK, June 3, 2008 – BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO), will hold its third annual Healthcare Staffing Forum on Thursday, June 5, in New York City.

• CEOs from leading healthcare staffing companies will be in attendance.
• The conference is the only event of its kind exclusively devoted to the healthcare staffing sector.
• This year's keynote speaker, Edward Salsberg, Senior Vice President & Director, Centre for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges, will be discussing health workforce policy and the implication for the future of the healthcare industry.

“We believe the issues faced by the sector earlier this decade are all in the past. We forecast healthcare staffing revenue growth will outpace that of most other staffing sectors in 2008,” said Jeffrey Silber, who covers Business and Professional Services for the BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Group.

Presentations will be broadcast live and archived at:

www.bmocm.com/conferences/healthcarestaffing2008

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

Media interested in attending the conference and/or scheduling an interview should call (416) 867-3996 or
toll free at 1-866-298-8385.

Scheduled presenters include*:

Allied Healthcare Group (AHCI)
Sandy Young, CEO
Paul Weston, CFO Designate

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (AHS)
David Dreyer, CFO

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN)
Joseph Boshart, President & CEO

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (MRN)
Kevin Little, President & CFO
Jeff Yesner, Chief Accounting Officer

On Assignment (ASGN)
Peter Dameris, President & CEO
James Brill, SVP Finance & CFO

Industry Panel participants include*:

Access Nurses, Inc.
Alan Braynin, CEO

ATC Healthcare Services
David Savitsky, CEO

BMO Capital Markets
Thomas Devitt, Director, Investment & Corporate Banking

Customer Panel Participants include*:

All About Staffing, Inc.
Kathy Kohnke, VP of Travel Operations

North Shore-LIJ Health System
Joseph Cabral, VP & Chief Human Resources Officer

Shiftwise
Stephen Schwartz, CEO

* Agenda subject to change.

About the BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Equity Research Team
The BMO Capital Markets Healthcare Equity Research Team provides coverage of healthcare services, medical technology, specialty and large-cap pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology companies. The team includes: Christine Charette (Biotechnology, Canada); Erik Chiprich (Healthcare Facilities); Robert Hazlett (Pharmaceuticals); Dave Shove (Managed Care and Benefits); Joanne Wuensch (Medical Technology); and Jason Zhang (Biotechnology, U.S.). BMO Capital Markets is set to host its annual “Focus on Healthcare” conference on August 5-6, 2008 in New York City. For more information visit: www.bmocm.com/conferences/2008healthcare

About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider, with more than 2,000 employees operating in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with total assets of US$377 billion and 37,000 employees as at April 30, 2008.

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