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                                                 DRAFT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1995.

                                                 Registration No. 33-___
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                       Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                          -----------------------------

                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933
                               OLSTEN CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                    Delaware
                         (State or other jurisdiction of
                         incorporation or organization)
                                   13-2610512
                                (I.R.S. Employer
                             Identification Number)

                          -----------------------------

                              175 Broad Hollow Road
                            Melville, New York 11747
                                 (516) 844-7800
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    Registrant's principal executive offices)

                           William P. Costantini, Esq.
                    Senior Vice President and General Counsel
                              175 Broad Hollow Road
                            Melville, New York 11747
                                 (516) 844-7250
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
                          -----------------------------

                                   Copies to:
                           Marjorie Sybul Adams, Esq.
                             Gordon Altman Butowsky
                              Weitzen Shalov & Wein
                              114 West 47th Street
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 626-0861

                           --------------------------

    Approximate  date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

                          -----------------------------

If the only securities  being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.|_|

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X|

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number of the  earlier  effective
registration for the same offering.|_|

If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following  box and  list the  Securities  Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering.|_|

If delivery  of the  prospectus  is  expected  to be made  pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.|_|

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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<S>                          <C>             <C>                           <C>                           <C>
Title of Each Class of       Amount to be    Proposed Maximum             Proposed Maximum
Securities to be Registered  Registered      Offering Price Per Unit (1)  Aggregate Offering Price (1)  Amount of Registration Fee
==================================================================================================================================
Common Stock, $.10 par value 847,015         $39.3125                      $33,298,277                   $6,659.66            
==================================================================================================================================


(1)  Pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  these
     amounts  are used solely for the purpose of  calculating  the  registration
     fee.  Such  amounts  are based on the average of the high and low per share
     prices for the Registrant's  Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
     November 13, 1995 (i.e., $39.3125).

</TABLE>

The Registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant  shall file
a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  or until this Registration  Statement shall
become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission,  acting
pursuant       to      said       Section       8(a),       may       determine.
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                               OLSTEN CORPORATION
                             ----------------------

            847,015 Shares of Common Stock - Par Value $.10 per share
                             ----------------------


     This  prospectus  relates to the  distribution of up to 847,015 shares (the
"Subject  Shares") of Common  Stock,  par value $.10 (the  "Common  Stock"),  of
Olsten Corporation,  a Delaware corporation (the "Company") which may be offered
and sold from time to time by, and for the account of, certain  stockholders  of
the Company named herein (the "Selling Stockholders"). Of the Subject Shares (i)
822,514 shares are shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of shares
of the  Company's  Class B Common  Stock,  par value  $.10 per  share  ("Class B
Stock"), issued to the Selling Stockholders in exchange for (a) shares of Common
Stock,  par value $.01 per share ("IMI Common  Stock"),  (b) shares of Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share ("IMI Preferred  Stock") and (c) shares of Class
B Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("IMI Class B Preferred Stock"),  of
IMI Systems,  Inc. ("IMI") in the merger of IMI with a subsidiary of the Company
(the  "Merger") and (ii) 24,501 shares are shares of Common Stock  issuable upon
conversion  of  Class B  Stock  issued  to two of the  Selling  Stockholders  in
exchange for warrants previously exercisable for shares of IMI Common Stock. See
"Selling  Stockholders." The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale
of the Subject Shares.

     The Company's  Common Stock (including the Subject Shares) is listed on the
New York Stock  Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "OLS." On  November  14,
1995 the last  reported  sale  price of the  Company's  Common  Stock on the
NYSE was $ 39.625 per share.

     The  Subject  Shares  are  considered  "restricted  securities"  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act").  This Prospectus has
been  prepared  for the  purpose of  registering  the Subject  Shares  under the
Securities Act to allow future sales by the Selling  Stockholders  to the public
without restriction.

     The Subject  Shares are  offered  subject to prior  sale,  when,  as and if
delivered by the Selling Stockholders.

     The terms of the  distribution  covered by this Prospectus will be fixed at
the time of sale. See "Plan of Distribution."

                       ----------------------------------

            THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY
               THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE
            SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
            COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON
                THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
              REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
                       ----------------------------------


                The date of this Prospectus is November 15, 1995.



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                                     Underwriting        Proceeds to
                      Price          Discounts and       Selling
                        to           Commissions         Stockholders
                     Public (1)      (2)(3)              (1)(4)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Per Share. . .  $ 39.3125         $ 1.18             $ 38.1325
Total. . . . .  $ 33,298,277      $ 998,948          $ 32,299,329
================================================================================



(1)     These amounts are estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act.
        Such amounts are based upon the average of the high and low per share
        prices for the Company's Common Stock on the NYSE on November 13, 1995.
        (i.e., $ 39.3125).

(2)     Estimated   based  upon  an  approximate   three  percent  (3%)  average
        commission  charged for market sales.  Commissions  will vary  depending
        upon the size of the  transaction  and the brokers or dealers  effecting
        the sales.

(3)     Commissions  may also be payable by purchasers of the Subject  Shares to
        their brokers or others from whom they purchase the Subject Shares.

(4)     The Company will receive none of the proceeds realized from the Subject
        Shares sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders.  All expenses
        incident to the registration of the Subject Shares under the Securities
        Act are being borne by the Company.  Such expenses are estimated to be
        approximately $ 27,159.66.  Commissions or discounts paid by the Selling
        Stockholders in connection with the sale of the Subject Shares will be
        determined through negotiations between each Selling Stockholder and the
        brokers or dealers to or through which the Subject Shares are to be sold
        and may vary depending upon, among other things, the size of the
        transaction and the brokers or dealers effecting the sales.




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<PAGE>



     No  person  has  been  authorized  to give any  information  or to make any
representations  other than those  contained  in, or  incorporated  by reference
into,   this   Prospectus,   and,  if  given  or  made,   such   information  or
representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company
or any  one or  more of the  Selling  Stockholders.  This  Prospectus  does  not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation  of an offer to buy any securities
offered hereby in any  jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or  solicitation in such  jurisdiction.  Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create an
implication  that there has been no change in the affairs of the  Company  since
any of the dates  specifically  mentioned  herein or the date hereof or that the
information herein is correct as of any time subsequent to its date.

                              --------------------

     The Subject Shares  offered hereby have not been  registered for sale under
the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States nor
has the  securities  commission of any such state or other  jurisdiction  passed
upon the adequacy or accuracy of this Prospectus.  Brokers or dealers  effecting
transactions  in the  Subject  Shares  should  confirm the  registration  of the
Subject Shares under the securities  laws of the state or other  jurisdiction of
the  United  States in which such  transactions  occur or the  existence  of any
exemption  from  such  registration,   or  should  cause  such  registration  in
connection with any offer or sale of the Subject Shares.





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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     The Company is subject to the informational  requirements of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act") and,  in  accordance
therewith,  files periodic reports and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the  "Commission").  Such reports and other information can
be inspected  and copied at the public  reference  facilities  maintained by the
Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,  Judiciary Plaza,  Washington,
D.C.  20549,   and  at  the  following   regional  offices  of  the  Commission:
Northwestern  Atrium  Center,  500 West  Madison  Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,
Illinois 60661 and 7 World Trade Center,  13th Floor,  New York, New York 10048.
Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,  Judiciary Plaza,  Washington,
D.C. 20549,  at prescribed  rates.  The Company's  Common Stock is listed on the
NYSE. Reports and other information concerning the Company can also be inspected
and  copied at the  offices of the NYSE,  20 Broad  Street,  New York,  New York
10005.

     The Company has filed with the  Commission a registration  statement  under
the  Securities  Act on Form S-3  (together  with any  amendments  thereto,  the
"Registration  Statement") with respect to the Subject Shares.  This Prospectus,
which constitutes a part of the Registration Statement,  does not contain all of
the  information  included in the  Registration  Statement  and the exhibits and
schedules  thereto.  For further  information  pertaining to the Company and the
Subject  Shares,  reference  is  hereby  made  to  the  Registration  Statement,
including  the exhibits  and  schedules  filed as a part  thereof and  otherwise
incorporated  therein.  Statements made in this Prospectus as to the contents of
any contract,  agreement or other document are not  necessarily  complete;  with
respect to each such  contract,  agreement or other document filed as an exhibit
to the  Registration  Statement,  reference  is made to such  exhibit for a more
complete  description of the matter  involved,  and each such statement shall be
deemed  qualified in its entirety by such reference.  Copies of the Registration
Statement and the exhibits  thereto may be  inspected,  without  charge,  at the
offices  of the  Commission  or  obtained  at  prescribed  rates from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at the address set forth above.




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                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following  documents  previously filed with the Commission  pursuant to
the Exchange Act are  incorporated  by reference in this  Prospectus  and made a
part hereof:

               (a)    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                      year ended January 1, 1995, as amended;

               (b)    All other reports filed by the Company with the Commission
                      pursuant to Sections  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act
                      since the end of the  fiscal  year  covered  by the Annual
                      Report referred to above; and

               (c)    The  description of the Company's Class B Stock and Common
                      Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
                      Form 8-A dated  December  5, 1994 (which  incorporates  by
                      reference  the section  entitled  "Description  of Capital
                      Stock" contained in the Company's  Registration  Statement
                      on Form S-3 filed on July 6, 1994).

     All reports and other documents  hereafter filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then remaining  unsold,  shall
hereby be deemed to be  incorporated  in and to be a part of this  Prospectus by
reference  from the date of filing of such  documents.  Any statement  contained
herein or in a  document  or  information  report  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for all  purposes  to the extent  that a  statement  contained  herein or in any
subsequently  filed  document which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  modifies or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any  statement  so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus.

     The Company  will provide  without  charge to each person to whom a copy of
this  Prospectus  is  delivered,  upon the  written or oral  request of any such
person,  a  copy  of  any or all of  the  documents  that  have  been  or may be
incorporated  by reference  into this  Prospectus,  other than  exhibits to such
documents  (unless such exhibits are  specifically  incorporated by reference in
such  documents).  Requests  for  such  copies  should  be  directed  to  Olsten
Corporation,  175 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Laurin
L. Laderoute, Jr., Vice President and Secretary, (516) 844-7260.



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                                   THE COMPANY

     The Company is a leading  provider of  assignment  employees  for business,
industry and government; services for the design, development and maintenance of
information  systems;  caregivers  for home  health care and  institutions;  and
management services for hospital-based home health agencies.  These services are
provided through  approximately 1,200 owned,  licensed and franchised offices in
fifty states,  the District of Columbia,  Puerto Rico,  Canada,  Great  Britain,
Norway, Denmark, Argentina and Mexico.

     The  Company's  principal  executive  offices are at 175 Broad Hollow Road,
Melville,  New York 11747 and its telephone number is (516) 844-7800. As used in
this Prospectus, except when the context otherwise requires, the "Company" means
Olsten Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.


                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

     The  Company  will not receive  any  proceeds  from the sale of the Subject
Shares.






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                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

     The following table sets forth certain  information,  as of  November 15,
1995, with respect to the Selling Stockholders:

                                  Common Stock

                                                               Percent of Class
                                                               Beneficially
                                                               Owned After
                                                               Offering If One
                Beneficial Own-  Maximum      Beneficial Own-  Percent or More
                ership Before    Offered      ership After     of the
Name            Offering(1)(2)   Hereby(2)(3) Offering (1)(4)  Class (1)(4)
- ----            ---------------- ------------ ---------------  ------------


Banc Boston          22,249        22,249            0               --
Capital, Inc. 

John P. Berdolt       6,675         6,675            0               --

Irving                6,007         6,007            0               --
Chernofsky

Julie A. Daniels      3,337         3,337            0               --

Werner A              1,201         1,201            0               --
Diekmann

Vincent               6,675         6,675            0               --
DeSimone(5)

Corrie J              2,670         2,670            0               --
Duffy(6)

Teobaldo L            1,335         1,335            0               --
Fernandez

Jacquline             1,513         1,513            0               --
Forman, as
custodian for
Kara Forman

Jacquline             1,513         1,513            0               --
Forman, as
custodian for
Robert Forman
III

Robert S            365,135       365,135            0               --
Forman(7)

Robert S             32,040        32,040            0               --
Forman, as
executor of the
estate of Ronald
Hester

Suzana M. Galla       8,143         8,143            0               --




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General Atlantic    287,260       287,260            0               --
Investments
Limited

Marvin H.             4,138         4,138            0               --
Goldberg(6)

Vernon Grant          4,405         4,405            0               --

Charles                  26            26            0               --
Hayward(5)

William F. Heney        267           267            0               --

Martin P.             2,136         2,136            0               --
Kennedy

Thomas Krausz(8)     42,319        42,319            0               --

Ruby Kuritsky         4,005         4,005            0               --

Grant Lemyre(6)       6,675         6,675            0               --

Lewis G. Lyons        1,068         1,068            0               --

Walter L.            10,012        10,012            0               --
Olsen(5)

Nallur S. Prasad        186           186            0               --

Lawrence Russell     10,346        10,346            0               --

Richard               8,944         8,944            0               --
Schasberger(9)

Carlton P.            4,672         4,672            0               --
Schowe(6)

Lisa Urban               53            53            0               --

Karen Carley          2,002         2,002            0               --
Walker

    (1) A person is  deemed to be a  "beneficial  owner" of a  security  if that
person has or shares "voting  power," which includes the power to vote or direct
the voting of such security,  or "investment power," which includes the power to
dispose or to direct the  disposition  of such  security,  or if, under  certain
circumstances,  a  person  has the  right  to  acquire  either  voting  power or
investment power over such security through, among other things, the exercise of
an option.  More than one person may be deemed to be a  beneficial  owner of the
same security, and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security
as to which he has no voting power or investment power.




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    (2) The Subject  Shares  include (i) 822,514 shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the  conversion  of shares  of the  Company's  Class B Stock  issued to the
Selling  Stockholders  in the Merger in exchange for shares of IMI Common Stock,
IMI  Preferred  Stock and IMI Class B Preferred  Stock and (ii) 24,501 shares of
Common Stock issuable upon  conversion of Class B Stock issued to Mr. Forman and
General  Atlantic  Investments  Limited in the Merger in exchange  for  warrants
previously exercisable for shares of IMI Common Stock.

    (3) This  statement  of  Maximum  Offered  Hereby  does  not  constitute  a
commitment  to sell the number of shares of Common Stock  listed.  The number of
shares of Common Stock  offered  shall be  determined  from time to time by each
Selling Stockholder in his or her sole discretion.

    (4) Assumes that the Maximum  Offered  Hereby is sold by each of the Selling
Stockholders.

    (5) Mr. DeSimone, Mr. Hayward and Mr. Olsen are former directors of IMI.

    (6) Mr. Duffy, Mr.  Goldberg,  Mr. Lemyre and Mr. Schowe are former officers
of IMI.

    (7) Mr. Forman is the Chief Executive  Officer,  President and a director of
IMI.

    (8) Mr. Krausz is Vice President-Administration and the Secretary of IMI.

    (9) Mr. Schasberger is Vice President-Marketing of IMI.


                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     The  distribution of the Subject Shares by the Selling  Stockholders may be
effected from time to time in one or more transactions  (which may include block
transactions)  on the NYSE,  in fixed  price  offerings  off of the floor of the
NYSE, in special offerings and exchange  distributions,  each in accordance with
the rules of the NYSE,  in  negotiated  transactions  or a  combination  of such
methods of sale,  at market  prices  prevailing  at the time of sale,  at prices
related to such prevailing  market prices or at negotiated  prices.  The Selling
Stockholders  may  effect  such  transactions  by selling  Subject  Shares to or
through broker-dealers,  and such broker-dealers may receive compensation in the
form of  underwriting  discounts,  concessions or  commissions  from the Selling
Stockholders and others. No sales effected through  broker-dealers shall include
the payment of underwriting  discounts,  concessions or commissions which exceed
compensation levels customarily paid for such services.

     The Selling  Stockholders  are not  restricted as to the price or prices at
which they may sell their Subject Shares.  Sales of such shares at less than the
market price may lower the market price of the Company's Common Stock. Moreover,
the Selling Stockholders are not restricted as to the number of shares which may
be sold at any one time,  and it is  possible  that if a  significant  number of
shares are sold sold at the same time, this might also lower the market price of
the Company's Common Stock.



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     The Selling Stockholders and brokers or dealers who participate in the sale
or distribution of the Subject Shares may be deemed to be "underwriters"  within
the meaning of Section 2(11) of the  Securities  Act, and any profit on the sale
of  the  Subject   Shares  by  them  acting  as  principal  and  any  discounts,
commissions,  or  concessions  received  by any such  brokers or dealers  may be
deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. No
payment of any  underwriting  commissions  or discounts in  connection  with any
sales  of the  Subject  Shares  is  expected,  other  than  customary  brokerage
commissions.

     The  Company is paying the  expenses  incident to the  registration  of the
Subject Shares under the Securities Act. The Company  presently  intends to keep
the Registration  Statement  covering the Subject Shares current for a period of
two years after the date of  effectiveness  of the  Registration  Statement  but
reserves  the right not to do so at any time  after  such  date.  In any  event,
however,  the  Company  does  not  presently  intend  to keep  the  Registration
Statement  current beyond any date on which either (i) all of the Subject Shares
have been sold or (ii) the Selling  Stockholders  have agreed to  terminate  the
offering   contemplated   hereby.   The  Subject   Shares  are  fully  paid  and
non-assessable  and  are  being  sold  by the  Selling  Stockholders  acting  as
principals for their own account. The Company will not receive any proceeds from
the sale of the Subject Shares.

                                MATERIAL CHANGES

     On August 2, 1995,  the Company  acquired IMI  Systems,  Inc.  ("IMI"),  an
information  technology services company. As a result of the merger, the Company
issued approximately  850,000 shares of its Class B Common Stock in exchange for
all of the outstanding capital stock and warrants of IMI based upon a conversion
ratio of .267  shares  of Class B Common  Stock  for each  share of IMI  capital
stock. Subsequently, substantially all of the Class B Common Stock issued in the
merger was converted into Olsten Common Stock. The transaction was accounted for
as a pooling  of  interests.  IMI  provides  software  design  and  development,
software  applications  maintenance,  computer  systems  project  management and
information  technology related management  consulting services in North America
and Great Britain.

     On August 2, 1995, the Company acquired Toronto-based P.J. Ward Associates,
Ltd., which provides  information  technology  staffing services  including team
development, strategic and operational planning, project management assistance,



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human resources staffing and permanent placement services.

     On September 29, 1995, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets
of the Nurses House Call Division ("NHC") of Hooper Holmes,  Inc. ("Hooper") and
simultaneously  sold to  Hooper  all of the  issued  and  outstanding  stock  of
American  Service  Bureau,  Inc.  ("ASB"),   the  Company's  mobile  diagnostic,
paramedical   and   occupational   health   services   subsidiary.   The   total
consideration,  including  the ASB stock,  was  approximately  $73 million.  NHC
provides  home health  care,  including  skilled  nursing,  home  health  aides,
rehabilitation services, infusion therapy and institutional staffing.




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                   PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

                      (In thousands, except share amounts)


The following unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Income for the year
ended January 1, 1995 and for the nine months ended October 1, 1995  consolidate
the  historical  statements  of  income  of the  Company,  and the  acquisitions
summarized  in  Note  2 as if  the  acquisitions  closed  on  January  3,  1994.
Historical  results of the Company have been previously  restated to combine the
operations  of Olsten and IMI  Systems,  Inc.,  pursuant to the  acquisition  on
August 2, 1995, which was accounted for as a pooling of interests. The Pro Forma
Consolidated  Statements  of  Income  should  be read in  conjunction  with  the
historical  financial  statements  and related notes thereto of the Company that
have been audited and which are incorporated by reference herein. In the opinion
of management,  all adjustments  necessary to reflect the acquisitions have been
made.  The Pro  Forma  Consolidated  Statements  of Income  are not  necessarily
indicative  of what  the  actual  financial  results  would  have  been  had the
transactions  occurred at the date  indicated and do not purport to indicate the
financial results of future periods.



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              UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                      (In thousands, except share amounts)

                           Year Ended January 1, 1995


                               Olsten                                Pro Forma
                              Historical Acquisitions* Adjustments Consolidated
                              ---------- ------------- ----------- ------------
                                     (1)           (2)

Service sales, franchise
 fees, management fees
 and other income...........  $2,307,667    $154,831         --      $2,462,498

Cost of services sold.......   1,622,060     141,948         --       1,764,008
                               ---------     -------         --       ---------

 Gross profit...............     685,607      12,883         --         698,490

Selling, general and
 administrative expenses....     557,005       7,683   ($3,000)(3)      562,222
                                                           534 (4)

Interest expense, net.......       5,697         165     3,545 (5)        9,407
                                   -----         ---     -----            -----

 Income before income taxes.     122,905       5,035    (1,079)         126,861

Income taxes................      51,663       1,815      (453)(6)       53,025
                                  ------       -----      -----          ------

 Net income from operations
  before minority interest..      71,242       3,220      (626)          73,836

Minority interest...........         --        1,247         --           1,247
                                     --        -----         --           -----

Net income..................     $71,242      $1,973     ($626)         $72,589
                                 =======      ======     ======         =======

Per share (primary):

 Net income.................       $1.66                                  $1.69
                                   =====                                  =====

 Average shares.............      42,911                                 42,911

Per share (fully diluted):

 Net income.................       $1.61                                  $1.64
                                   =====                                  =====

 Average shares.............      46,715                                 46,715
- ---------------------------------------------
* Net of operating results of ASB





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              UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
                      (In thousands, except share amounts)

                        Nine Months Ended October 1, 1995




                               Olsten                                Pro Forma
                              Historical Acquisitions* Adjustments Consolidated
                              ---------- ------------- ----------- ------------
                                     (1)           (2)

Service sales, franchise
 fees, management fees
 and other income........... $1,855,466      $91,976         --      $1,947,442

Cost of services sold.......  1,294,420       90,180         --       1,384,600
                              ---------       ------         --       ---------

 Gross profit...............    561,046        1,796         --         562,842

Selling, general and

 administrative expenses....    446,869        2,583   ($4,500)(3)      445,033
                                                            81 (4)

Interest expense, net.......      3,003           29     2,055 (5)        5,087
                                  -----           --     -----            -----

 Income before income taxes.    111,174         (816)    2,364          112,722

Income taxes................     46,161         (427)      981 (6)       46,715
                                 ------         -----      ---           ------

 Net income from operations
  before minority interest..     65,013         (389)    1,383           66,007

Minority interest...........        745          410         --           1,155
                                    ---          ---         --           -----

 Net income.................    $64,268        ($799)   $1,383          $64,852
                                =======        ======    ======         =======

Per share (primary):

 Net income.................      $1.48                                   $1.50
                                  =====                                   =====

 Average shares.............     43,336                                  43,336

Per share (fully diluted):

 Net income.................      $1.42                                   $1.43
                                  =====                                   =====

 Average shares.............     47,076                                  47,076
- ---------------------------------------------
* Net of operating results of ASB




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         NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


(1)     The  historical  amounts for the nine month period ended October 1, 1995
        include the results of operations of the acquired  businesses from their
        respective dates of acquisition.

(2)     The following acquisitions have been accounted for under the
        purchase method of accounting:

                   In March 1995, the Company acquired a 50.1 percent
                   interest in Norsk Personal A.S. for $24.8 million in
                   cash.  Norsk Personal is Norway's second-largest
                   staffing services company.

                   In June  1995,  the  Company  completed  the  acquisition  of
                   Americare  for $7.7  million  in cash,  which  provides  home
                   nursing, home infusion therapy and home medical equipment.

                   In August 1995, the Company  purchased P.J. Ward  Associates,
                   Ltd.,  a   Toronto-based   leader  in  Canadian   information
                   technology services for $3.7 million in cash.

                   In September 1995, the Company acquired a 65 percent interest
                   in  Ready  Office,  S.A.,   Argentina's  oldest  and  largest
                   independent  staffing  services  company for $2.7  million in
                   cash.

                   In September 1995, the Company completed a single transaction
                   involving the purchase of Nurse's House Call, the home health
                   care business of Hooper  Holmes,  Inc., for $72.6 million and
                   the sale of the stock of its  wholly-owned  subsidiary,  ASB,
                   which   provides   mobile    diagnostic,    paramedical   and
                   occupational   health  services,   for  $40.6  million.   The
                   difference in value was settled for $32 million in cash.

(3)     Elimination of certain corporate overhead expenses previously  allocated
        to Nurse's  House Call,  which will not have a continuing  impact on the
        consolidated entity.

(4)     Represents  amortization  of excess purchase price of $53.3 million over
        net book value of assets  acquired,  which is being  amortized over a 40
        year life, on a straight-line basis.




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(5)     Represents the elimination of interest income  associated with the $70.9
        million cash used to finance the acquisitions.

(6)     Adjustment to income taxes based on income before income taxes using the
        applicable income tax rate.





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                                  LEGAL MATTERS

     The  validity of the Subject  Shares and certain  other legal  matters have
been passed upon by Gordon Altman Butowsky  Weitzen Shalov & Wein, New York, New
York. Andrew N. Heine, a Director of the Company, is of counsel to Gordon Altman
Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein.

                                     EXPERTS

     The  consolidated  balance sheets as of January 1, 1995 and January 2, 1994
and the consolidated  statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for
each of the three  years in the period  ended  January 1, 1995,  included in the
Company's  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  incorporated  by  reference  in  this
Prospectus, have been incorporated herein in reliance upon the report of Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given upon the authority of that firm
as experts in accounting and auditing.




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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


Item 14.           Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

     The following table sets forth the various expenses expected to be incurred
in  connection  with  offering  described in this  Registration  Statement.  All
amounts shown are estimates except for the Commission registration fee.

                   Item
Amount

               Securities and Exchange Commission
                    registration fee . . . . . . . $   6,659.66
               Legal fees and expenses . . . . . .    10,000.00
               Accounting fees and expenses. . . .    10,000.00
               Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . .       500.00
                   Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $  27,159.66



All of the above expenses are being borne by the Company.

Item 15.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Article Ninth of the  Registrant's  Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation
provides for indemnification of Directors of the Registrant as follows:

               NINTH:  No  director  of the  Corporation  shall be liable to the
        Corporation  or its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for breach of
        fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of
        the director's duty of loyalty to the  Corporation or its  stockholders,
        (ii)  for  acts  or  omissions  not  in  good  faith  or  which  involve
        intentional  misconduct  or a  knowing  violation  of law,  (iii)  under
        Section 174 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, or (iv) for any
        transaction  from  which  the  director  derived  an  improper  personal
        benefit.  This Article  NINTH shall not eliminate or limit the liability
        of a director for any act or omission  occurring  prior to the effective
        date of its adoption. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended
        after  approval  by  the  stockholders  of  this  article  to  authorize
        corporate action further  eliminating or limiting the personal liability
        of directors,  then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall



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        be eliminated or limited to the fullest  extent  permitted by the
        Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.

               Any repeal or  modification  of the  foregoing  paragraph  by the
        stockholders of the Corporation  shall not adversely affect any right or
        protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such
        repeal or modification.

     As  authorized  by Section 145 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law,
Article V of the Registrant's By-Laws provides as follows:

               Section 1. Right to  Indemnification.  Each  person who was or is
        made a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party  to or is  otherwise
        involved in any action,  suit or proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
        administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"),  by reason
        of the  fact  that  he or she is or was a  director  or  officer  of the
        Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the  Corporation as a
        director or officer of another  corporation or of a  partnership,  joint
        venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
        employee benefit plan (hereinafter an  "indemnitee"),  whether the basis
        of such  proceeding  is  alleged  action in an  official  capacity  as a
        director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director
        or officer shall be indemnified  and held harmless by the Corporation to
        the fullest extent  authorized by the Delaware General  Corporation Law,
        as the same exists or may  hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
        such  amendment,  only to the extent  that such  amendment  permits  the
        Corporation  to provide  broader  indemnification  rights than permitted
        prior  thereto),  against all  expense,  liability  and loss  (including
        attorneys' fees,  judgments,  fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and
        amounts  paid in  settlement)  reasonably  incurred  or suffered by such
        indemnitee  in  connection  therewith  and  such  indemnification  shall
        continue as to an indemnitee  who has ceased to be a director or officer
        and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee's heirs,  executors and
        administrators;  provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify
        any such  indemnitee in connection  with a proceeding  (or part thereof)
        initiated by such  indemnitee  only if such proceeding was authorized by
        the Board.

               Section  2.  Right to  Advancement  of  Expenses.  This  right to
        indemnification  conferred  to in  Section  I of  this  Article  V shall
        include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
        defending  any  proceeding  for which such right to  indemnification  is
        applicable in advance of its final disposition  (hereinafter  an  



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        "advancement  of  expenses");  provided,  however,  that,  if the
        Delaware General Corporation Law requires,  an advancement of expenses
        incurred  by an  indemnitee  in his or her  capacity  as a director or
        officer  (and not in any other  capacity  in which  service  was or is
        rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to
        an  employee  benefit  plan)  shall be made only upon  delivery to the
        Corporation of an undertaking,  by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to
        repay all amounts so advanced if it shall  ultimately be determined by
        final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal
        that  such  indemnitee  is not  entitled  to be  indemnified  for such
        expenses under this Article V or otherwise.

               Section   3.   Non-Exclusivity   of   Rights.   The   rights   to
        indemnification  and to the  advancement  of expenses  conferred in this
        Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may
        have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation,  By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
        directors or otherwise.

               Section 4. Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance, at
        its expense,  to protect itself and any director,  officer,  employee or
        agent of the  Corporation  or another  corporation,  partnership,  joint
        venture,  trust or other  enterprise  against any expense,  liability or
        loss,  whether or not the Corporation  would have the power to indemnify
        such person  against such expense,  liability or loss under the Delaware
        General Corporation Law.

               Section  5.  Indemnification  of  Employees  and  Agents  of  the
        Corporation.  The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to
        time  by  the  Board,  grant  rights  to  indemnification   and  to  the
        advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the  Corporation or,
        if serving at the request of the Corporation, as an employee or agent of
        another corporation or of a partnership,  joint venture,  trust or other
        enterprise,  including service with respect to an employee benefit plan,
        to the fullest  extent of the  provisions of this Article V with respect
        to the  indemnification  and  advancement  of expenses of directors  and
        officers of the Corporation.

     In addition,  the Registrant  maintains  directors' and officers' liability
insurance covering certain liabilities that may be incurred by the directors and
officers of the Registrant in connection with the performance of their duties.




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Item 16.  Exhibits

        Exhibit No.                 Description of Exhibit


         4.1                 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                             Registrant, as amended, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8
                             (File No. 33-61761) dated August 11, 1995, and
                             incorporated herein by reference.

         4.2                 By-Laws of Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to
                             Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                             fiscal year ended January 2, 1994, and
                             incorporated herein by reference.

         4.3                 Indenture dated as of March 15, 1993 between
                             Registrant and Bankers Trust Company, as
                             Trustee, relating to Registrant's 4-7/8%
                             Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003,
                             filed as Exhibit 4 to Registrant's Quarterly
                             Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended April
                             14, 1993, and incorporated herein by reference.

         5.1                 Opinion of Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov
                             & Wein.

        23.1                 Consent of Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov
                             & Wein (included in Exhibit 5.1).

        23.2                 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

        24.1                 Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Item 17.       Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective  amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the  registration  statement or any material  change to such  information in the
registration statement.




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     (2)  That,  for  the  purposes  of  determining  any  liability  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to section  13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of any
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the registrant pursuant to the provisions or otherwise,  the registrant has been
advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the  Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.



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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Melville, State of New York, on November 15, 1995.

                                    OLSTEN CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/  Frank N. Liguori
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Frank N. Liguori,
                                        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below  constitutes  and appoints  Frank N. Liguori,  William P.  Costantini  and
Laurin  L.  Laderoute,  Jr.  and each and any one of them,  his true and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and   agents,   with   full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective  amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full  power  and  authority  to do and  perform  each and  every  act and  thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.




           Name                         Title                  Date

  
                            Chairman and Chief Executive     November 15, 1995
  /s/ Frank N. Liguori      Officer and Director (Principal
      Frank N. Liguori      Executive Officer)


                            Senior Vice President-Finance    November 15, 1995
  /s/ Anthony J. Puglisi    (Principal Financial and
      Anthony J. Puglisi    Accounting Officer)


  /s/ Stuart Olsten                         Director         November 15, 1995
      Stuart Olsten


  /s/ Andrew N. Heine                       Director         November 15, 1995
      Andrew N. Heine


  /s/ Stuart R. Levine                      Director         November 15, 1995
     Stuart R. Levine





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  /s/ John M. May                           Director         November 15, 1995
      John M. May


  /s/ Miriam Olsten                         Director         November 15, 1995
      Miriam Olsten


  /s/ Richard A. Sharoff                    Director         November 15, 1995
      Richard A. Sharoff


  /s/ Raymond S. Troubh                     Director         November 15, 1995
      Raymond S. Troubh


  /s/ Josh S. Weston                        Director         November 15, 1995
      Josh S. Weston



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                                  Exhibit Index


        Exhibit No.                       Exhibit

        4.1                  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                             Registrant, as amended, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8
                             (File No. 33-61761) dated August 11, 1995, and
                             incorporated herein by reference.

        4.2                  By-Laws of Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to
                             Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                             fiscal year ended January 2, 1994, are
                             incorporated herein by reference.

        4.3                  Indenture dated as of March 15, 1993 between
                             Registrant and Bankers Trust Company, as
                             Trustee, relating to Registrant's 4 7/8%
                             Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003,
                             filed as Exhibit 4 to Registrant's Quarterly
                             Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April
                             4, 1993, is incorporated herein by reference.

        5.1                  Opinion of Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov
                             & Wein.

       23.1                  Consent of Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov
                             & Wein (included in Exhibit 5.1).

       23.2                  Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
       24.1                  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).


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                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                   ON FORM S-3

                                       OF

                               OLSTEN CORPORATION



<PAGE>





<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 5.1 

                                            November 15, 1995 


Olsten Corporation  
175 Broad Hollow Road 
Melville, New York  11747 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

         Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form 
S-3 (the "Registration Statement") being filed on behalf of 
Olsten Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), relating to 
the distribution of up to 847,015 shares (the "Shares") of 
the Company's common stock, $0.10 par value per share, which 
may be offered and sold from time to time by, and for the 
account of, certain stockholders of the Company. 

         In connection with this opinion we, as your federal 
securities law counsel, have examined such corporate 
records, certificates and other documents, and such 
questions of law, as we have considered necessary or 
appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. 

         Upon the basis of such examination, it is our opinion 
that the Shares are fully paid and nonassessable. 

         The foregoing opinion is limited to the federal laws of 
the United States, the laws of the State of New York and the 
Delaware General Corporation Law, and we express no opinion 
as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. 

         We have relied as to certain matters on information 
obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and 
other sources believed by us to be responsible. 

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an 
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference 
to us under the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus 
forming a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving 
this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the 
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 
7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission thereunder. 

                                                    Very truly yours, 

                                                    GORDON ALTMAN BUTOWSKY 
                                                     WEITZEN SHALOV & WEIN 






                                                      EXHIBIT 23.2 







                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the 
Registration Statement of Olsten Corporation on Form S-3 
(Registration No. 33-   ) of our report dated February 6, 
1995, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements 
of Olsten Corporation and Subsidiaries as of January 1, 1995 
and January 2, 1994, and for each of the three years in the 
period ended January 1, 1995, which report is included in 
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent 
to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts." 


                                                     Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 


New York, New York 
November 13, 1995 




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