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DOC'S PRESIDENT TALKS WITH BLOOMBERG NEWS ON ITS CORE BUSINESS AND INTERNET.


OWINGS, Md.--(BW Health Wire)--Oct. 1, 1999--

Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/AMEX: DOC) announced that its founder and President, Ronald W. Pickett, recently interviewed with Bloomberg News.

Bloomberg News has archived the in-depth interview with Mr. Pickett, in which he discusses DOC's business, including its objectives and strategies for future growth.

The audio interview can be accessed with a Bloomberg terminal. Bloomberg users can simply select the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol

An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors
: "DOC" and highlight "Current News Audio Visual" (CNAV CNAV Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse (French)
CNAV Celestial Navigation
CNAV Civilian Navigation
). The headline for the September 22, 1999 interview is, "Picket on Core Business and Internet".

Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. provides medical advice to ships at sea through a worldwide telecommunications system and operates a medical Internet and Telecommunications Call Center that provides medical information "chats" on the Internet and telephone 24 hours a day. Medical Advisory Systems owns approximately 14.5 percent of Americasdoctor.com, Inc., one of only four anchor tenants on America Online's (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ) health page where it provides on-line medical `chats' with physicians. As part of this strategic relationship, Medical Advisory Systems has an exclusive contract to provide Americasdoctor.com with physicians and medical professionals for the 24 hour "chat" feature of the Web site.

DocTalk, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of MAS, is a telephone-based, pay-per-call service where licensed doctors listen to consumers' medical and health-related questions and then respond with valuable, relevant information. DocTalk provides callers with affordable, timely and reliable professional medical information on a real-time basis...24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Statements included in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as competitive factors, technological development, market demand and the Company's ability to obtain new contracts and accurately estimate net revenues due to variability in size, scope and duration of projects, and internal issues in the sponsoring client further information on potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results, can be found in the Company's Registration Statement and in its Reports on Forms 10-K and 10Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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