Exhibit 23.1
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
American Medical Laboratories, Incorporated, and
APL Healthcare Group, Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated April 7, 2000 for
American Medical Laboratories, Incorporated and subsidiaries,
included the related financial statement schedules as of
December 31, 1999, and for each of the years in the three
year period ended December 31, 1999, included in the
registration statement. The audits referred to in our report
dated December 23, 1999, for APL Healthcare Group, Inc., and
affiliates, included the related financial statement schedules
as of September 30, 1999 and the nine months then ended and
as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for each of the years
in the three year period ended December 31, 1998, included
in the registration statement. These financial statement
schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statement schedules based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as
a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information
set forth therein.
We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the
references to our firm under the headings “Experts” and
“Selected Consolidated Financial Data” in the
prospectus.
(signed) KPMG LLP
McLean, Virginia
September 29, 2000
