CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL SURGERY AND FAVORABLE SETTLEMENT GIVEN TO FONAR STAND-UP MRI 
MELVILLE, NEW YORK, March 20, 2002 - FONAR Corporation
(NASDAQ-FONR),
The MRI Specialist(TM), reports thatthe success of an accident victim's surgery and
subsequent lawsuit rested entirely upon the results of his examination on the Stand-Up MRI(TM).
The lawyer, Wesley Laird, of Laird, Baker & Blackstock, LLC, Attorneys at Law,
Opp, Alabama, said, "I give all the credit for a successful settlement to the Stand-Up MRI(TM)because it found pathology that couldn't be found by other MRI scanners."

Alabama resident Heath Kilcrease, a pain-stricken victim of a motor
vehicle accident in 1998, had undergone exams on conventional "lie-down"
MRI scanners as well as other diagnostic modalities, but none of them indicated
that surgery was called for. But images from FONAR's

Stand-Up MRI(TM) convinced Alabama surgeon John Hackman, M.D.,
otherwise. Mr. Kilcrease successfully underwent surgery in September, 2000.
Later, Alabama trial lawyer Wesley Laird relied heavily on the same Stand-Up
MRI(TM)images to reach a favorable out-of court settlement for Mr. Kilcrease.

Mr. Laird said, "It is an honor to be the first Attorney in history to be able to use
FONAR's Stand-Up MRI(TM) in a personal injury case. What an opportunity this
creates for trial lawyers to be able to help their clients."

Following his accident in October, 1998, 23-year-old Heath Kilcrease
suffered from severe unremitting low back pain. He required Class II
narcotic pain medication to cope with his back and leg pain.

After undergoing several exams on conventional, or recumbent, MRI scanners,
including high-field units, specialists at two renowned academic centers (Emory
and University of Alabama at Birmingham) agreed that the images showed only
mild disc bulges, which provided no indication the patient could obtain relief from surgery.

Joe Johnson, D.C. of Paxton, Florida, a FONAR investor who was treating
Mr. Kilcrease, had seen FONAR's description of its new Stand-Up MRI(TM)
and the prospect of achieving weight-bearing MRI images. He obtained permission
to have Mr. Kilcrease scanned at FONAR headquarters in Melville, New York, in July, 2000,
where he was scanned standing up.

With the Stand-Up MRI(TM) images that indicated a disc herniation,
Mr. Kilcrease went to John Hackman, M.D., a neurosurgeon in Montgomery, Alabama.
"Because the weight-bearing scans from the Stand-Up MRI(TM)indicated pathology
that was not previously visible, the medical plan for this patient changed dramatically," said Dr. Hackman. "It is highly significant that the weight-bearing MRI images showed the L4-5 disc protruding into the neural foramen, compressing the nerve against the bony walls of the canal. These findings
directly correlated with the patient's complaints and documented his source of
continuing pain."

Using the images from the Stand-Up MRI(TM) to guide him, Dr. Hackman set
out to confirm the results. "I ordered a myelogram and post myelogram CT just
prior to surgery to see if we could verify the pathology the FONAR scanner had
seen," said Dr. Hackman, "but what the

Stand-Up MRI(TM) had visualized was not visible on either of them." Based solely on the Stand-Up MRI(TM) scans, Dr. Hackman successfully operated on Mr. Kilcrease in September, 2000. "The success of surgery was in large part due to the new powers of low back visualization that
imaging of the fully weight-loaded spine enables," said Dr. Hackman. "Stand-Up
MRI(TM) images were remarkably faithful to the actual pathology."

Mr. Kilcrease's lawyer, Wesley Laird, said, "It's very difficult to settle out of court
without firm evidence of damages and objective documentation. If a client has a
physical problem that can't be properly documented, the defendant's lawyer and
insurance company are naturally skeptical. The client is often labeled a malingerer.
In Heath's case, the Stand-Up MRI(TM)made all the difference. Without it, the only
choice would have been to go to trial and take our chances
convincing a jury that Heath's back problems were worse than
indicated by conventional, objective testing."

Mr. Laird continued, "In a case like Heath's, the Stand-Up MRI(TM) can make the
difference between a four or five figure settlement and a six figure settlement verdict.
I plan on using the Stand-Up MRI(TM) whenever possible. If I get a client with undiagnosed
symptoms, I'll be sending him to the closest Stand-Up MRI(TM), even if it means extensive traveling."
Mr. Kilcrease is especially grateful to FONAR's Stand-Up MRI(TM), and to Dr. Hackman,
Dr. Johnson and Mr. Laird for his successful outcome. "Before the surgery, I couldn't work
and was constantly on pain pills," said Mr. Kilcrease. "Now I no longer take any pain medication and I have returned to work. I've returned to the life I had known, and I'm very grateful."

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