AHG: Third Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- AHG (NYSE:AHG), the nation's leading home healthcare company, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter results Thursday, October 21, 2004, at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time (8:15 a.m. Pacific Time).

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Apria Healthcare's web site at http://www.apria.com/.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Apria provides home respiratory therapy, home infusion therapy and home medical equipment through approximately 450 branches serving patients in 50 states. With nearly $1.4 billion in annual revenues, it is the nation's leading homecare company.

This release may contain statements regarding anticipated future developments that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Results may differ materially as a result of the risk factors included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other factors over which the Company has no control.