Schatz & Nobel, P.C. and Abbey Gardy, LLP Announce Summary Class Action Notice to PSS World Medical, Inc. Shareholders as of March 26, 1998.

NEW YORK -- Attention all persons who, as of March 26, 1998, held shares of Physician Sales & Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSSI), now known as PSS World Medical, Inc.

This is to notify you that there is pending before the Honorable Timothy E. Corrigan, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (the "Court") under Case Number 3:98-cv-502-J-32TEM (Judge Corrigan), a class action lawsuit (the "Lawsuit") against defendants Physician Sales & Service Inc., now known as PSS World Medical, Inc., Gulf South Medical Supply, Inc., and the following individuals: Patrick C. Kelly, David A. Smith, Thomas G. Hixon and John L. Vaughan, Jr. (collectively "Defendants"). The Lawsuit is brought on behalf of a certified class (the "Class") consisting of: All persons who were shareholders of Physician Sales & Services, Inc., now known as known as PSS World Medical, Inc. ("PSSI"), as of March 26, 1998, the date of the PSSI shareholder vote to approve the merger with Gulf South Medical Supply, Inc. ("GSMS"), excluding the following: Defendants; the officers and directors of PSSI; the officers and directors of GSMS at the time of the merger; any firm, trust, corporation or other entity in which any Defendant has a controlling interest; and the legal representatives, agents, immediate family members, affiliates, subsidiaries, heirs, successors-in-interest, and assigns of any excluded person or entity.

The Court has determined that the Lawsuit may proceed as a class action, with plaintiff Trust Advisors Equity Plus, LLC as the certified representative of the Class. The Lawsuit may affect certain rights you have if you are member of the Class.

If you are or may be a member of the Class and have not received a copy of a detailed printed Notice of Pendency of Class Action, you may do so by contacting: PSS World Medical, Inc. Securities Litigation Class Administrator, c/o FRG Information Systems Corp., P.O. Box 4059, Grand Central Station, New York, New York 10163-4059, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Website: www.frginfosys.com/pss.

If you do not wish to remain a member of the Class, you may exclude yourself by following the instructions in the detailed printed Notice of Pendency of Class Action.

All other inquiries may be addressed to Plaintiff's co-lead counsel: Andrew M. Schatz, Jeffrey S. Nobel, Seth R. Klein, SCHATZ & NOBEL, P.C., One Corporate Center, 20 Church Street, Suite 1700, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone] or James S. Notis, Richard B. Margolies, ABBEY GARDY, LLP, 212 East 39th Street, New York, New York 10016, Tel [phone], Fax: [phone].

PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR WRITE THE COURT OR THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICE.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT