NHC provides services to 77 long-term health care centers with 9,742 beds. NHC's affiliates also operate 36 homecare programs, seven independent living centers and 16 assisted living communities. NHC's other services include Alzheimer's units, long-term care pharmacies, hospice, a rehabilitation services company, and providing management and accounting services to third parties. In order to understand in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of NHC, the investor must review our most recent Form 10-Q quarterly report, Form 10-K annual report and press releases which are available here on our web site. NHC common stock is traded with the symbol NHC on the NYSE Amex Exchange. National HealthCare Corporation is recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality long-term care. Our goal is to provide a full range of extended care services, designed to maximize the well being and independence of patients of all ages. We are dedicated to meeting patient needs through an interdisciplinary approach combining compassionate care with cost-effective health care services.

Biomet, Inc. and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and market products used primarily by musculoskeletal medical specialists in both surgical and non-surgical therapy. Biomet’s product portfolio encompasses reconstructive products, including orthopedic joint replacement devices, bone cements and accessories, autologous therapies and dental reconstructive implants; fixation products, including electrical bone growth stimulators, internal and external orthopedic fixation devices, craniomaxillofacial implants and bone substitute materials; spinal products, including spinal stimulation devices, spinal hardware and orthobiologics; and other products, such as arthroscopy products and softgoods and bracing products. Headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Biomet and its subsidiaries currently distribute products in approximately 90 countries.

Miami Jewish Health Systems is helping people of all ages, cultures and religious preferences enjoy longer, healthier, more enriched lives by providing leading-edge care and independence-enhancing services. The goal is to maximize the potential of each person served, whatever their age, physical state or socio-economic condition. Whether the individual wants to live in their own home, requires short-term therapy, long-term care, or specialized services, Miami Jewish Health Systems has been recognized as offering the highest quality care, the most supportive services and the broadest array of choices for our patients and residents. As the largest and most innovative provider of health care for seniors in the Southeast, Miami Jewish Health Systems treats 3,700 people daily through our Centers of Excellence, Residential Living, Community Care, Alzheimer’s and Memory Care and Nursing and Medical Care programs.

Established in 1996 in Seattle, WA, by healthcare professionals who observed the damaging effects of excess weight in their patient population, Sound Health Solutions is dedicated to reducing health risks and to improving the global health of individuals through sustainable weight loss. After adding a second clinic in 2004, the company continued to grow, introducing its nationwide Sound Health CONNECT™ program in 2005 and expanding into the pre- and post-surgery market that same year. We are proud to be offering a professional, cost-saving solution to the growing epidemic of obesity.

BioHorizons manufactures and sells dental implants, or individual screw-in teeth, as an alternative to conventional dentures. The company also sells soft tissue regeneration products, called biologics, to help the gums grow back around the implant. For oral surgeons, BioHorizons offers tools and specialty instruments (including those by Hu-Friedy), as well as a software program, Virtual Implant Placement (VIP), to map treatment procedures. BioHorizons sells its products in more than 80 countries; one-third of sales come from outside the US. It's owned by private equity firm HealthpointCapital, but BioHorizons filed to go public in mid-2010.

St. Agnes HealthCare is here to help. St. Agnes HealthCare Catholic health system provides a spectrum of medical services to the residents of southwest Baltimore. Its flagship facility St. Agnes Hospital has about 300 beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services, including treatment in areas such as oncology, cardiovascular disease, bariatric medicine, women's health, and orthopedics. The system also includes a multispecialty physicians group (Seton Medical Group) and a diagnostic imaging center. A member of Ascension Health, St. Agnes HealthCare has roots in the Baltimore community reaching back to 1862, when its founders, the Daughters of Charity, set up a local infirmary.

Bausch + Lomb is the eye health company dedicated to Bringing Visionary Ideas to Eye Health.Bausch + Lomb offers the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of eye health products, and the company has one of the oldest, best known and most respected healthcare brands in the world. The company began in 1853 in Rochester, New York, as a small optical shop that grew to become a multi-billion dollar corporation with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, and with products available in more than 100 countries.At Bausch + Lomb, the company's history of innovation continues today as the company invent new materials, engineer new technologies, and create pioneering ways to help people see better.

PRIM started its business on more than just a shoestring. Tracing its roots to an orthopedic shoe store founded by Pedro Prim Fernández in 1870, PRIM now makes and markets hospital supplies in Spain and orthopedic supplies throughout Europe, Latin America, and the US. PRIM has expanded globally through several alliances: It works in the US with Camp International and it operates a joint venture with Enraf Nonius Delft in Portugal and Latin America, as well as domestically. In France PRIM works with Eurosurgical to develop items to aid surgery of the spine. With another three European prosthetic companies, PRIM owns 92% of Boston Brace Europe, an Irish company that makes aids for the treatment of scoliosis.

Lakeland Regional Medical Center cares for residents' high cholesterol -- and other physical ailments. Lakeland Regional Medical Center serves Florida's Polk County (roughly between Kissimmee and Tampa) through an acute care hospital with more than 850 beds. Among its specialty services are cardiac care, cancer treatment, senior care, emergency medicine, orthopedics, women's and children's health care, and surgery. Its LRMC Foundation offers financial support for indigent patients facing ongoing treatment. Its emergency department treats more than 150,000 patients each year.

At US Oncology, we believe every patient should have access to high quality, advanced cancer care, close to home. Through more than 500 affiliated sites of care, including 100 radiation facilities, and 1,400 physicians we unite into the nation’s largest network of community oncologists and cancer researchers, we deploy innovative technology and foster collaboration to advance cancer care in America. Physicians affiliated with US Oncology care for more than 850,000 patients in communities throughout the nation.

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