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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (Rule 14a-101)
                     Information Required in Proxy Statement

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                           FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
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                           FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION
                              112 West King Street
                            Strasburg, Virginia 22657

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

                           To Be Held on April 6, 1999

         NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of First
National  Corporation  ("First  National") will be held at the Shenandoah Valley
Golf Club, 134 Golf Club Circle, Front Royal, Virginia on April 6, 1999 at 11:00
a.m., for the following purposes:

         (1)      To elect 10  directors  for a term of one year or until  their
respective successors are elected and qualified; and

         (2)      To transact  such other  business as may properly  come before
the Annual Meeting.  Management is not aware of any other  business,  other than
procedural matters incident to the conduct of the Annual Meeting.

         The Board of Directors  has fixed the close of business on February 19,
1999 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting.

                                         BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


                                         /s/ Douglas C. Arthur

                                         Douglas C. Arthur
                                         Secretary

Strasburg, Virginia
March 3, 1999

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YOU ARE  CORDIALLY  INVITED TO ATTEND THIS  MEETING.  IT IS IMPORTANT  THAT YOUR
SHARES BE  REPRESENTED  REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER YOU OWN. EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO BE
PRESENT,  YOU ARE URGED TO COMPLETE,  SIGN,  DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED  PROXY
PROMPTLY IN THE  ENVELOPE  PROVIDED.  IF YOU ATTEND THIS  MEETING,  YOU MAY VOTE
EITHER IN PERSON OR BY YOUR  PROXY.  ANY PROXY  GIVEN MAY BE  REVOKED  BY YOU IN
WRITING OR IN PERSON AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE THEREOF.
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                           FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION


                                 PROXY STATEMENT



                         ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                                  April 6, 1999


                               GENERAL INFORMATION

         This Proxy Statement is furnished to holders of common stock, $5.00 par
value  per  share  ("Common  Stock"),  of  First  National  Corporation  ("First
National")  in  connection  with the  solicitation  of  proxies  by the Board of
Directors  (the "Board") of First  National to be used at the Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on April 6, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. at the Shenandoah  Valley
Golf Club,  Front  Royal,  Virginia,  and any  adjournment  thereof (the "Annual
Meeting").

         The principal  executive  offices of First  National are located at 112
West King Street, Strasburg,  Virginia. The approximate date on which this Proxy
Statement,  the accompanying proxy card and Annual Report to Stockholders (which
is not part of First National's  soliciting materials) are being mailed to First
National's stockholders is March 4, 1999. The cost of soliciting proxies will be
borne by First National.

         The proxy  solicited  hereby,  if properly signed and returned to First
National and not revoked prior to its use, will be voted in accordance  with the
instructions  contained  thereon.  If no contrary  instructions are given,  each
proxy  received  will  be  voted  "for"  the  proposals  described  herein.  Any
stockholder  giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time  before it is
exercised  by (i) filing  written  notice  thereof  with the  Secretary of First
National (Douglas C. Arthur,  Secretary,  First National  Corporation,  112 West
King Street,  Strasburg,  Virginia 22657); (ii) submitting a duly executed proxy
bearing  a later  date;  or (iii)  appearing  at the  Annual  Meeting  or at any
adjournment  thereof and giving the Secretary  notice of his or her intention to
vote in person.  Proxies  solicited  hereby may be exercised  only at the Annual
Meeting and any adjournment thereof and will not be used for any other meeting.

         Only  stockholders  of record at the close of business on February  19,
1999 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  On the
Record Date,  there were 788,903 shares of Common Stock of First National issued
and outstanding and approximately 686 record holders. Each share of Common Stock
is entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting. First National had no other class
of equity securities outstanding at the Record Date.




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                  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
                    MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

Election of Directors

         Ten  directors  are to be elected at the Annual  Meeting to serve until
the election and qualification of their respective successors.

         Unless  authority  is withheld in the proxy,  each proxy  executed  and
returned by a stockholder  will be voted for the election of the nominees listed
below.  Proxies distributed in conjunction herewith may not be voted for persons
other than the nominees named thereon.  If any person named as nominee should be
unable or unwilling to stand for election at the time of the Annual Meeting, the
proxy  holders  will  nominate  and vote for a  replacement  nominee or nominees
recommended by the Board. At this time, the Board knows no reason why any of the
nominees  listed  below may not be able to serve as a director if  elected.  The
proxy also confers  discretionary  authority upon the persons named therein,  or
their  substitutes,  with  respect to any other  matter that may  properly  come
before the meeting.

         In the election of directors,  those  receiving the greatest  number of
votes will be elected  even if they do not receive a majority.  Abstentions  and
broker  non-votes  will not be  considered  a vote  for,  or a vote  against,  a
director.


Nominees

         There is set forth  hereafter  the name of each nominee and, as to each
of the nominees, certain information including age, principal occupation and, as
of February 1, 1999,  information with respect to beneficial ownership of Common
Stock. The date shown for first election as a director in the information  below
represents  the year in which  the  nominee  or  continuing  director  was first
elected to the Board of First  National or previously to the Board of First Bank
(the "Bank"). Unless otherwise indicated,  the business experience and principal
occupations  shown for each nominee or continuing  director has extended five or
more years.

Douglas C. Arthur, 56, has been a director since 1972.
         Mr.  Arthur  is Vice  Chairman  and  Secretary  of the  Board  of First
         National and Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Board of the Bank.  Mr.
         Arthur is the senior and  business  partner in Arthur and  Allamong,  a
         general  practice law firm located in Strasburg,  Virginia.  Mr. Arthur
         has been  engaged  in the  practice  of law  since  1970.  He is also a
         director of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company.

Noel M. Borden, 62, has been a director since 1962.
         Mr.  Borden has served as the  Chairman of the Board of First  National
         and  Chairman  of the  Board of the Bank  since  1986.  Mr.  Borden  is
         President of H.L.  Borden Lumber Co., a building supply company located
         in Strasburg,  Virginia, and has held that position since 1960. He also
         is a  director  and Vice  President  of  Shenandoah  Telecommunications
         Company.

Byron A. Brill, 51, has been a director since 1980.
         Dr. Brill is a periodontist who has been in practice since 1975.

Elizabeth H. Cottrell, 48, has been a director since 1992.
         Mrs. Cottrell is President of Riverwood Technologies,  Inc., a computer
         services and desktop  publishing  concern,  and has held that  position
         since 1992. Mrs.  Cottrell is also a partner in Shenandoah  Seasons,  a
         monthly  newsletter and mail order gift business.  She also is a member
         of the Shenandoah County Travel Council.


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James A. Davis, 53, has been a director since 1998.
         Dr. Davis is President of Shenandoah  University located in Winchester,
         Virginia, a position that he has held since 1982. Dr. Davis is a member
         of  the  Boards  of  Directors  of  the  Winchester   Medical   Center,
         Westminster Canterbury and the Durell Foundation.

Christopher E. French, 39, has been a director since 1996.
         Mr.  French has served as  President of  Shenandoah  Telecommunications
         Company,  a  telecommunications   company  headquartered  in  Edinburg,
         Virginia since 1988. He is a director and stockholder of such company.

Charles E. Maddox, Jr., 57, has been a director since 1996.
         Mr.  Maddox is Principal  Engineer of G. W.  Clifford & Associates  for
         western Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland operations.  Mr. Maddox is
         on the Board of Trustees of Shenandoah University.

W. Allen Nicholls, 52, has been a director since 1987.
         Mr.  Nicholls is  President  of  Nicholls  Construction,  Inc.,  a home
         builder located in Front Royal,  Virginia,  a position that he has held
         for 27 years.

Henry L. Shirkey, 56, has been a director since 1994.
         Mr.  Shirkey is a customer  service  representative  with  Holtzman Oil
         Corp.,  an oil  jobber,  a position  that he has held since  1993.  Mr.
         Shirkey was previously a banker in Shenandoah County with Farmers Bank,
         Dominion  Bank and First  Union Bank and was  involved in all phases of
         community bank management for 33 years until his retirement.

Alson H. Smith, Jr., 70, has been a director since 1998.
         Mr. Smith is Chairman of the Board of Shenandoah Foods,  Inc.,  located
         in Winchester,  Virginia.  Mr. Smith retired from the Virginia House of
         Delegates  after 20  years of  service.  Mr.  Smith is a member  of the
         Boards of Directors of Shenandoah University, the Durell Foundation and
         the Virginia Environmental Endowment.


         THE BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  RECOMMENDS  THAT THE  NOMINEES  BE  ELECTED AS
DIRECTORS.


Security Ownership of Management

         The  following  table sets forth  information  as of  February 1, 1999,
regarding  the  number  of  shares of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by all
directors and nominees,  by the present  executive  officer named in the Summary
Compensation  Table  herein and by all  directors  and  executive  officers as a
group.  Beneficial  ownership  includes shares,  if any, held in the name of the
spouse,  minor children or other relatives of the director or executive  officer
living in such  person's  home,  as well as shares,  if any, held in the name of
another  person under an arrangement  whereby the director or executive  officer
can vest title in himself at once or at some  future  time,  plus shares held in
certain trust  relationships which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the
nominees  under  the  rules  and  regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  (the  "SEC");  however,  the  inclusion  of  such  shares  does  not
constitute an admission of beneficial ownership.



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         Name                            Beneficially Owned     Percent of Class
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         Directors:
         Douglas C. Arthur                      4,225                   *
         Noel M. Borden                        14,506                 l.84%
         Byron A. Brill                        10,228                 l.30%
         Elizabeth H. Cottrell                    405                   *
         James A. Davis                           250                   *
         Christopher E. French                  4,601                   *
         Charles E. Maddox, Jr.                 1,300                   *
         W. Allen Nicholls                        517                   *
         Henry L. Shirkey                         325                   *
         Alson H. Smith, Jr.                      265                   *
         Harry S. Smith                           356                   *

         All present executive officers and
           directors as a group (13 persons)   37,365                 4.74%
                                               ------

         *  Indicates  that  holdings  amount to less than 1% of the  issued and
outstanding Common Stock.

         (1)  For  purposes  of  this  table,   beneficial  ownership  has  been
              determined in accordance  with the provisions of Rule 13d-3 of the
              Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
              under which,  in general,  a person is deemed to be the beneficial
              owner  of a  security  if he has or  shares  the  power to vote or
              direct  the voting of the  security  or the power to dispose of or
              direct the disposition of the security,  or if he has the right to
              acquire beneficial ownership of the security within 60 days.


Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

         The following table sets forth certain  information as to those persons
believed  by  management  to be  beneficial  owners  of  more  than  5%  of  the
outstanding shares of Common Stock as of February 1, 1999.

         Name and Address             Amount and Nature of
         of Beneficial Owner          Beneficial Ownership      Percent of Class
         -------------------          --------------------      ----------------

         James L. Bowman                     72,611                   9.20%
         P.O.  Box 6
         Stephens City, Virginia

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         (1)  For  purposes  of  this  table,   beneficial  ownership  has  been
              determined in accordance  with the provisions of Rule 13d-3 of the
              Exchange Act,  under which,  in general,  a person is deemed to be
              the  beneficial  owner of a security if he has or shares the power
              to vote or  direct  the  voting  of the  security  or the power to
              dispose of or direct the disposition of the security, or if he has
              the right to acquire  beneficial  ownership of the security within
              60 days.



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The Board of Directors and its Committees

         Meetings of the Board are held twice each  month,  and there is also an
organizational  meeting  following  the  conclusion  of each  Annual  Meeting of
Stockholders.  The Board held 24 meetings in the year ended  December  31, 1998.
For the  year  ended  December  31,  1998,  none of First  National's  directors
attended  fewer than 75% of the aggregate  number of Board meetings and meetings
of committees of which the respective directors are members during their term.

         The Board has an Audit and  Compliance  Committee  and a Personnel  and
Benefits Committee. There is no Nominating Committee.

         The Audit and Compliance Committee consists of Messrs.  Arthur, French,
Davis  and  Shirkey  and  Mrs.  Cottrell.  The  Audit  Compliance  Committee  is
responsible for the selection and  recommendation of the independent  accounting
firm for the annual  audit and to  establish,  and assure  the  adherence  to, a
system of  internal  controls.  It  reviews  and  accepts  the  reports of First
National's  independent auditors and federal and state examiners.  The Audit and
Compliance Committee met seven times during the year ended December 31, 1998.

         The Personnel and Benefits Committee,  which reviews and recommends the
levels and types of compensation of officers and employees,  is composed of Mrs.
Cottrell  and Messrs.  Arthur,  Borden,  Davis and  French.  The  Personnel  and
Benefits Committee met 14 times during the year ended December 31, 1998.


Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors

         Harry S. Smith (age 45) has been  President  and CEO of First  National
and the  Bank  since  June 3,  1998.  Prior to that  date,  Mr.  Smith  was Vice
President  and  Secretary  of  First  National  and  Executive  Vice  President,
Secretary and Cashier of the Bank since 1985.

         E. Landon  Collins (age 59) has served as Senior Vice  President of the
Bank since  1993.  From 1984  until his  retirement  in 1992,  Mr.  Collins  was
Regional  President for the  Shenandoah  Valley region for First  American Bank,
where he had worked since 1960.

         Dennis A. Dysart (age 27) has served as Vice  President  of  Operations
since 1996. He has been employed by the Bank since 1993.


Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

         Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires First  National's  directors
and executive officers, and any persons who own more than 10% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, to file with the SEC reports of ownership and changes in
ownership  of  Common  Stock.   Officers  and  directors  are  required  by  SEC
regulations  to furnish  First  National  with copies of all Section 16(a) forms
that they file.  Based solely on review of the copies of such reports  furnished
to First National or written representation that no other reports were required,
First National believes that,  during fiscal year 1998, all filing  requirements
applicable to its officers and directors were complied with.



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                                  REMUNERATION

Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation

         The  following  table shows,  for the fiscal  years ended  December 31,
1998, 1997, and 1996, the cash compensation paid by the Bank, as well as certain
other  compensation  paid or accrued  for those  years,  to the named  Executive
Officers in all capacities in which they served. The named Executive Officers do
not receive any compensation from First National.

                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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                                          Annual Compensation                      Long Term Compensation
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                                                                               Securities
      Name and                                              Other Annual       Underlying           All Other
 Principal Position       Year   Salary ($)    Bonus ($)  Compensation ($)     Options (#)     Compensation ($)(a) 
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Harry S. Smith            1998      95,000      2,500           (c)                -0-               3,047
President and CEO (b)     1997      86,047        -0-           (c)                -0-               2,582
                          1996      82,719        -0-           (c)                -0-               2,971

Ronald F. Miller          1998     102,978        -0-           (c)                -0-               3,560
(former President and     1997     111,318      5,000           (c)                -0-               3,300
  CEO) (d)                1996     111,221        -0-           (c)                530               3,337
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(a)      "All Other  Compensation"  represents  matching  contributions by First
         National in its 401(k) Plan.
(b)      Mr. Smith became  President  and CEO of First  National and the Bank on
         June 3, 1998.  Prior to that date,  Mr.  Smith was Vice  President  and
         Secretary of First National and Executive Vice President, Secretary and
         Cashier of the Bank
(c)      The value of perquisites and other personal benefits did not exceed the
         lesser of $50,000 or 10% of total annual salary and bonus.
(d)      Mr. Miller resigned as President and CEO of First National and the Bank
         on April 1, 1998. Under the terms of an agreement  between the Bank and
         Mr.  Miller,  Mr.  Miller  continued  to receive  compensation  through
         September 30, 1998.


Options Grants in Last Fiscal Year

         No stock options were granted to the named  Executive  Officers  during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.


Option Exercises and Holdings

         No options were held by named Executive  Officers at December 31, 1998.
The following table sets forth information with respect to the exercise of stock
options  during the fiscal  year ended  December  31,  1998 by each of the named
Executive Officers.




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                 AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

                                 Shares Acquired              Value
           Name                  on Exercise (#)           Received ($)
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           Harry S. Smith             1,112                    7,839
           Ronald F. Miller           1,642                   11,554


Director's Fees

         Directors  received  monthly  fees of $400 and $300 for each meeting of
the Board attended during 1998. The Chairman of the Board received  monthly fees
of $550 and $300 for each meeting of the Board  attended,  and the Vice Chairman
of the Board  received  monthly  fees of $450 and $300 for each  meeting  of the
Board attended.


Indebtedness of Management

         No loans to directors or officers involve more than the normal risks of
collectibility  or present  other  unfavorable  features.  None of the loans was
non-accrual,  past-due, restricted or potential problem loans, as of January 31,
1999. All such loans were originated on substantially the same terms,  including
interest rates, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with
other persons.


                                    AUDITORS

         The Board of Directors has  appointed  Yount,  Hyde & Barbour,  P.C. to
perform the audit of First National's  financial  statements for the year ending
December 31, 1999. Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. has acted as First National's and
the  Bank's  auditors  for the  past 12  years  and has  reported  on  financial
statements during that period.  Representatives from Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
are expected to be present at the Annual  Meeting,  will have the opportunity to
make a statement  if they desire to do so, and are  expected to be  available to
respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.


                              STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

         Any proposal  that a stockholder  wishes to have  presented at the next
annual meeting of stockholders  must be received no later than November 4, 1999.
If such  proposal  complies  with all of the  requirements  of Rule 14a-8 of the
Exchange  Act, it will be included in the Proxy  Statement  and set forth in the
form of proxy issued for the next Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders.  It is urged
that any such proposals be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. The
Company's  receipt of notice of a  stockholder's  intent to submit a proposal at
the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders  outside the  requirements of Rule 14a-8
after January 18, 2000 will be considered untimely.


                     ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         A copy of First  National's  Annual Report to Stockholders for the year
ended December 31, 1998 accompanies this Proxy Statement.  Additional copies may
be obtained by written request to the Secretary of First National at the address
indicated  below.  Such  Annual  Report  is not part of the  proxy  solicitation
materials.



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         UPON  RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN  REQUEST OF ANY  PERSON  WHO,  ON THE RECORD
DATE, WAS RECORD OWNER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OR WHO REPRESENTS IN GOOD FAITH
THAT HE OR SHE WAS ON SUCH DATE THE  BENEFICIAL  OWNER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ENTITLED TO VOTE AT THE SPECIAL  MEETING OF  STOCKHOLDERS,  FIRST  NATIONAL WILL
FURNISH TO SUCH PERSON, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED  DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND ITS  QUARTERLY  REPORTS ON FORM
10-Q AND THE  EXHIBITS  THERETO  REQUIRED  TO BE FILED  WITH THE SEC  UNDER  THE
EXCHANGE  ACT.  ANY SUCH  REQUEST  SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING TO HARRY S.  SMITH,
PRESIDENT, FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION, 112 WEST KING STREET, STRASBURG, VIRGINIA
22657. THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON FORM 10-Q ARE
NOT PART OF THE PROXY SOLICITATION MATERIALS.


                                  OTHER MATTERS

         The  Board of  Directors  of First  National  is not aware of any other
matters  that may come before the Annual  Meeting.  However,  the proxies may be
voted with  discretionary  authority  with respect to any other matters that may
properly come before the Annual Meeting.



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|X|      PLEASE MARK VOTES                                              REVOCABLE PROXY
         AS IN THIS EXAMPLE                                   FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION FXNC-BB

                    ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS                      1.  The  election of  directors of                   For All
                            April 6, 1999                                   all  nominees  listed  (except   For   Withhold   Except
                                                                            as  marked  to  the   contrary   |_|      |_|       |_|
                                                                            below):
     The  undersigned  hereby  appoints the official proxy  committee,      DIRECTORS:
consisting  of  Douglas  C.  Arthur,  Byron  A.  Brill  and  W.  Allen
Nicholls,  with full powers of  substitution,  to act as attorneys and      Douglas C. Arthur             Christopher E. French
proxies,  for the  undersigned  to vote all shares of Common  Stock of      Noel M. Borden                Charles E. Maddox, Jr.
First National  Corporation  that the  undersigned is entitled to vote      Byron A. Brill                W. Allen Nicholls
at the Annual meeting of Stockholders  (the "Annual  Meeting"),  to be      Elizabeth H. Cottrell         Henry L. Shirkey
held at the Shenandoah  Valley Golf Club, 134 Golf Club Circle,  Front      James A. Davis                Alson H. Smith, Jr.
Royal,  VA 22630 on April 6, 1999 at 11:00  A.M.  The  official  proxy
committee is authorized to cast all votes to which the  undersigned is
entitled as follows:
                                                                            INSTRUCTION:   To withhold authority  to  vote  for  any
                                                                            individual  nominee,  mark the "For All Except"  box and
                                                                            write that nominee's name in the space provided below.  

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                                                                            PLEASE MARK BOX IF YOU PLAN  TO  ATTEND THE  ->      |_|
                                                                            MEETING

                                                                            The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" all 
                                                                            directors.

                                                                            THIS  PROXY  WILL  BE  VOTED  AS  DIRECTED,  BUT  IF  NO
                                                                            INSTRUCTIONS  ARE  SPECIFIED,  THIS  PROXY WILL BE VOTED
                                                                            "FOR"  THE  ELECTION  OF  ALL   DIRECTORS  AND  FOR  ANY
                                                                            PROPOSITIONS  STATED  ABOVE.  IF ANY OTHER  BUSINESS  IS
                                                                            PRESENTED  AT SUCH  ANNUAL  MEETING,  THIS PROXY WILL BE
                                                                            VOTED BY THE  MAJORITY  OF THE  PROXY COMMITTEE.  AT THE
                                                                            PRESENT TIME,  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  KNOWS OF NO OTHER
                                                                            BUSINESS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

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Please be sure to sign and date             Date                            THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
this Proxy in the box below.
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- ---- Shareholder sign above ------- Co-holder (if any) sign above -----
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    Detach above card, sign, date and mail in postage paid envelope provided.


                           FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION

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         Should  the  above-signed  be  present  and elect to vote at the Annual
meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, and after notification to
the  Secretary of the  Corporation  at the Annual  meeting of the  stockholder's
decision to terminate  this proxy,  then the power of said attorneys and proxies
shall be deemed  terminated  and of no further force and effect.  This proxy may
also be revoked by sending written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation at
the following address:  Registrar and Transfer Company, P.O. Box 1010, Cranford,
NJ 07016 or by the  filing of a later  proxy  prior to a vote  being  taken on a
particular proposal at the Annual Meeting.
         The above-signed  acknowledges  receipt from the Corporation,  prior to
the execution of this proxy of a notice of the Annual Meeting, a proxy statement
dated February 1,1999 and audited financial statements.
         Please sign exactly as your name appears on this card.  When signing as
attorney,  executor,  administrator,  trustee or guardian, please give your full
title. Only one of several joint owners need sign.

                               PLEASE ACT PROMPTLY
                     SIGN, DATE & MAIL YOUR PROXY CARD TODAY

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