Prime Medical Services, Inc. announces formation of National Medical Advisory Board.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1995--Prime Medical Services, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: PMSI) announced today the formation of a Urological Medical Advisory Board of Directors, composed of physicians located throughout the United States. This Board will advise Prime as to issues relating to acquisitions, evaluation of new technologies and equipment, managed care, and exploration of new business opportunities that are related to Prime's lithotripsy operations.

Ken Shifrin, chairman of the board stated, "We are extremely pleased to establish this medical advisory panel to assist us in our continued growth in lithotripsy and to utilize their expertise in analyzing new business opportunities as they arise in the urological field. The members of the Advisory Board are: Dr. Terry Stallings, Dr. James Cochran, Dr. Joseph Haas and Dr. Tom Nesbitt. Each of the members of this Board has exceptional experience and capabilities and they represent areas in which we have current lithotripter operations."

James Cochran, M.D., is in private practice with Urology Specialists and Associates at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and is an assistant clinical professor of Urology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He is a member of many organizations, including: the American Lithotripsy Society; American Urological Association; American Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association and has served on the Executive Committee of the American Lithotripsy Society.

Joseph Haas, M.D., is in private practice at Decatur Urological Clinic and is an active member at DeKalb Medical Center, Egleston Children's Hospital and other hospitals in greater Atlanta. He is a member of the American Urological Association, Georgia Urology Society; Southern Medical Association and Assistant Chief of Urology at DeKalb Medical Center.

Tom Nesbitt, M.D., has served as president of the Tennessee Medical Association, president of the American Medical Association, and president of the American Association of Clinical Urologists. Additionally, Dr. Nesbitt served as a commissioner on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association. He has recently retired from the active practice of medicine and is serving as a consultant and medical advisory to Prime Medical.

Terry Stallings, M.D., is an active staff member of the Baptist Medical Center and the East Montgomery Humana Hospital, both located in Montgomery, Ala. He is a member of many associations, including: the National Board of Medical Examiners; the American Medical Association; the American Urological Association and the American Lithotripsy Society.

Lithotripsy is a cost effective, non-invasive method for treating kidney stones through the use of extracorporeal shock waves which pulverize kidney stones and permit them to pass painlessly from the body. Prime Medical is the third largest operator of lithotripters in the United States, currently servicing approximately 90 hospitals in 16 states with 11 mobile and two stationary lithotripters.

CONTACT: Prime Medical Services, Inc.

Kenneth S. Shifrin, or Cheryl McLeod, 512/328-2892