Three months ended March 31,
	1998	1997
Net revenues	$463,117	$340,170
Operating charges:
Operating expenses	180,951	130,056
Salaries and wages	161,125	119,747
Provision for doubtful accounts	37,266	23,663
Depreciation and amortization	24,436	19,028
Lease and rental expense	11,405	9,121
Interest expense	6,307	4,956
	421,490	306,571
Income before minority interests and income taxes	41,627	33,599
Minority interests in earnings of consolidated entities	1,748	(382)
Income before income taxes	39,879	33,981
Provision for income taxes	14,229	12,451
Net income	$25,650	$21,530
Earnings per share - basic	$0.79	$0.67
Earnings per share - diluted	$0.77	$0.65
Average number of shares outstanding - basic	32,516	32,218
Stock equivalents	794	749
Average number of shares outstanding - diluted	33,310	32,967