NOVACARE INC
10-Q, 1995-02-14
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC  20549


                                   FORM 10-Q



                 QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994


                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-10875


                                    NOVACARE, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              DELAWARE                                    13-3247827
     (State of incorporation)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1016 W. NINTH AVENUE, KING OF PRUSSIA, PA                    19406
 (Address of principal executive office)                   (Zip code)

                 Registrant's telephone number:  (610) 992-7200


  (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
                                   report.)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                            Yes   x          No 
                                -----           -----

As of February 10, 1995, NovaCare, Inc. had 64,453,558 shares of common stock,
$.01 par value, outstanding.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                  FORM 10-Q - QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994


                                     INDEX


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FORM 10-Q        FORM 10-Q                                                                         FORM 10-Q
 PART NO.        ITEM NO.                            DESCRIPTION                                   PAGE NO.
- - - ----------      ----------                           -----------                                   --------

   <S>              <C>         <C>                                                                   <C>
    I                           FINANCIAL INFORMATION

                    1           Financial Statements
                                - Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
                                   December 31, 1994 and June 30, 1994                                 1

                                - Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                   for the Three Months Ended December 31, 1994 and
                                   1993                                                                2

                                - Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                   for the Six Months Ended December 31, 1994 and
                                   1993                                                                3

                                -  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                                   for the Six Months Ended December 31, 1994 and
                                   1993                                                                4

                                -  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements               5-8

                    2           Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                                Condition and Results of Operations                                   9-14


   II                           OTHER INFORMATION

                    4           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                    15

                    6           Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                       16


Signatures                                                                                             17

</TABLE>




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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                   As of December 31, 1994 and June 30, 1994
                       (In thousands, except share data)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     DECEMBER 31,           JUNE 30,
                                                                                         1994                 1994
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
       ASSETS                                                                        (UNAUDITED)          (See Note 1)
       <S>                                                                           <C>                 <C>
       Current assets:
         Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             $     30,281        $      38,024
         Marketable securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   24,928               35,104
         Accounts receivable, net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  241,201              215,727
         Other current assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   55,633               46,150
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
             Total current assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  352,043              335,005

       Marketable securities, net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   22,429               53,318
       Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   85,914               81,356
       Excess cost of net assets acquired, net . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  414,628              342,938
       Other assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   44,930               37,924
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
                                                                                     $    919,944        $     850,541
                                                                                   ==============       ==============

       LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
       Current liabilities:
         Current portion of long-term debt and credit agreements . . . .             $     44,304        $      61,518
         Accounts payable and accrued expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   80,946               72,997
         Income taxes payable  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       --                6,166
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
             Total current liabilities   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  125,250              140,681

       Long-term debt and credit agreements, net of current portion  . .                  340,030              283,084
       Deferred income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      736                  993
       Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   10,055                8,638
       Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    1,711                1,441
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
             Total liabilities   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  477,782              434,837
                                                                                   --------------       --------------

       Commitments and contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       --                   --

       Stockholders' equity:
         Common stock, $.01 par value; authorized 200,000,000 shares,
            issued 64,695,594 shares at December 31, 1994 and 64,227,735
            shares at June 30, 1994  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      647                  643
         Additional paid-in capital  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  247,376              240,619
         Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  196,160              176,225
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
                                                                                          444,183              417,487

         Less: Common stock in treasury (at cost), 16,851 shares at
                    December 31, 1994 and 16,851 shares at June 30, 1994                     (305)                (305)
               Deferred compensation                                                         (543)                (662)
               Valuation allowance on securities available for sale                        (1,173)                (816)
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
               Total stockholders' equity                                                 442,162              415,704
                                                                                   --------------       --------------
                                                                                     $    919,944        $     850,541
                                                                                   ==============       ==============
</TABLE>

        The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
are an integral part of these statements.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                   ------------------------------------
                                                                                         1994                 1993
                                                                                   --------------        --------------
       <S>                                                                         <C>                   <C>
       Net revenues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $      232,201        $      196,132
       Cost of services  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  166,757               131,792
                                                                                   --------------        --------------
                                                                                                                                 
            Gross profit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  65,444                64,340
       Selling, general and administrative expenses  . . . . . . . . . .                   41,368                35,374
       Merger and other nonrecurring expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       --                 5,754
                                                                                   --------------        --------------
                                                                                                                      
           Income from operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   24,076                23,212
                                                                                                                      
       Investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      458                 1,408
       Interest expense  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   (6,461)               (4,601)  
       Amortization of excess cost of net assets acquired  . . . . . . .                   (2,766)               (1,808)  
       Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     (116)                 (139)  
                                                                                   --------------        --------------        
                                                                                                                      
           Income before income taxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   15,191                18,072
                                                                                                                      
       Income taxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    6,304                 8,735 
                                                                                   --------------        --------------
                                                                                                                      
           Net income  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $        8,887        $        9,337
                                                                                   ==============        ==============

           Net income per common share   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $          .14        $          .14
                                                                                   ==============        ==============
       Weighted average number of common shares outstanding  . . . . . .                   64,899                64,705
                                                                                   ==============        ==============


</TABLE>



        The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
are an integral part of these statements.

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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                   -----------------------------------
                                                                                         1994                 1993
                                                                                   --------------      --------------- 
       <S>                                                                         <C>                   <C>
       Net revenues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              $   463,011        $     372,563
       Cost of services  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  330,337              252,559
                                                                                   --------------      --------------- 

           Gross profit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  132,674              120,004
       Selling, general and administrative expenses  . . . . . . . . . .                   82,793               65,150
       Merger and other nonrecurring expenses  . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       --                5,754
                                                                                   --------------      --------------- 

           Income from operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   49,881               49,100

       Investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    1,309                3,146
       Interest expense  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  (12,113)              (8,203)
       Amortization of excess cost of net assets acquired  . . . . . . .                   (5,505)              (3,180)
       Minority interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     (270)                (260)
                                                                                   --------------      --------------- 

           Income before income taxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   33,302               40,603

       Income taxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   13,367               17,571
                                                                                   --------------      --------------- 

           Net income  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             $     19,935        $      23,032
                                                                                   ==============      ===============

           Net income per common share   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             $        .31        $         .36
                                                                                   ==============      ===============

       Weighted average number of common shares outstanding  . . . . . .                   65,144               64,265
                                                                                   ==============      ===============

</TABLE>



        The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
are an integral part of these statements.

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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (In thousands)
                                  (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                  -------------------------------------
                                                                                         1994                 1993
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

       CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:  
       <S>                                                                         <C>                   <C>
       Net income  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              $    19,935          $     23,032

       Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by
          operating activities:
           Depreciation and amortization   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   14,683                 9,241
           Minority interest   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      270                   260
           Deferred income taxes   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     (895)                   --
           Increase in assets, net of effects from acquisitions:
               Accounts receivable, net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  (16,368)              (23,465)
               Other current assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   (3,826)                   (4)
           Decrease in liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
               Accounts payable and accrued expenses   . . . . . . . . .                   (3,135)                 (183)
               Income taxes payable  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  (10,195)               (5,428)
       Other, net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     (189)               (1,223)
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------
               Net cash flows provided by operating activities   . . . .                      280                 2,230
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

       CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
       Marketable securities:
           Purchases of marketable securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       --              (137,059)
           Proceeds from sales of marketable securities  . . . . . . . .                   41,755               158,189
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

               Net cash proceeds from marketable securities  . . . . . .                   41,755                21,130
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------
       Acquisitions of businesses:
           Payments for business acquired, net of cash acquired  . . . .                  (57,840)              (74,499)
           Additional payments for businesses acquired in prior years  .                   (6,553)               (2,121)
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

               Net cash outlay for acquisitions of businesses  . . . . .                  (64,393)              (76,620)
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

       Additions to property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  (10,057)               (8,039)
       Other, net  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   (4,116)               (8,113)
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------
               Net cash flows used in investing activities   . . . . . .                  (36,811)              (71,642)
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

       CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Proceeds from long-term debt and credit agreements  . . . . . .                   63,241                29,920
         Payment of long-term debt and credit agreements   . . . . . . .                  (37,023)              (13,774)
         Proceeds from common stock issued   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    2,570                 1,169
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------
               Net cash flows provided by financing activities   . . . .                   28,788                17,315
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------

       Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . .                   (7,743)              (52,097)
       Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .                   38,024                98,138  
                                                                                  ---------------        --------------
       Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .              $    30,281          $     46,041
                                                                                  ===============        ==============
</TABLE>
        The accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
are an integral part of these statements.


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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               DECEMBER 31, 1994
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)

1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

        The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of
    NovaCare, Inc. (the "Company") are unaudited.  The balance sheet as of June
    30, 1994 is condensed from the audited balance sheet of NovaCare, Inc. at
    that date.  These statements have been prepared in accordance with the
    rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and should
    be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements
    and the notes thereto for the year ended June 30, 1994.  Certain
    information and footnote disclosures normally in the financial statements
    prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have
    been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.  In the
    opinion of Company management, the condensed consolidated financial
    statements for the unaudited interim periods presented include all
    adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to
    present a fair statement of the results for such interim periods.

        Operating results for the three and six-month periods ended December
    31, 1994 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected
    for a full year or any portion thereof.

2.  BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

        During the six months ended December 31, 1994, the Company acquired 23
    businesses which provide outpatient rehabilitation services, one business
    which provides orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation services and two
    businesses which provide contract therapy services.  During the six months
    ended December 31, 1993, the Company acquired a business which owned five
    medical rehabilitation hospitals and five outpatient facilities.  In
    addition, the Company acquired three businesses which provide outpatient
    rehabilitation services, two businesses which provide orthotic and
    prosthetic services and one business which provides contract therapy
    services.  All acquisitions were accounted for as purchases and,
    accordingly, the aggregate purchase price was allocated to assets and
    liabilities acquired based on their fair values at the date of acquisition.

        The following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of
    the Company give effect to each of the acquisitions as if they occurred on
    July 1, 1993:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              For the six months ended
                                                    December 31,
                                           ---------------------------------
                                               1994                1993 
                                           -------------       -------------
  <S>                                      <C>                  <C>
  Net revenues  . . . . . . . . . . . .    $    468,469         $    448,205
  Net income  . . . . . . . . . . . . .          20,334               28,328
  Net income per share  . . . . . . . .    $        .31         $        .44
</TABLE>                                
                                        
        The above pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the
    results of operations that would have occurred had the acquisitions been
    made as of July 1, 1993, or of the results which may occur in the future.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED
                               DECEMBER 31, 1994
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)

    Information with respect to businesses acquired in purchase transactions
    was as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                                  
                                                            FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                  DECEMBER 31,
                                                                      1994
                                                            ------------------------
 <S>                                                             <C>          
 Cash paid (net of cash acquired)  . . . . . . . . . . . .       $    57,840  
 Notes issued  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            12,100  
 Other consideration   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               197  
                                                                 -----------  
                                                                      70,137  
 Liabilities assumed   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             4,132  
                                                                 -----------  
                                                                      74,269  
 Fair value of assets acquired   . . . . . . . . . . . . .             8,943  
                                                                 -----------  
      Cost in excess of fair value of net assets acquired        $    65,326  
                                                                 ===========  
</TABLE>                                                   
        The results of operations of businesses acquired have been included in
    the consolidated results of the Company from the effective date of each
    acquisition.

        Certain purchase agreements require additional payments if specific
    financial targets and non-financial conditions are met.  Aggregate
    contingent payments in connection with these acquisitions at December 31,
    1994 of approximately $8,839 in cash and 1,531 shares of common stock have
    not been included in the initial determination of cost of the businesses
    acquired since the amount of such contingent consideration, if any, is not
    presently determinable.  For the six months ended December 31, 1994, the
    Company paid $6,553 in cash and issued 283,599 shares of common stock in
    connection with businesses acquired in prior years.

3.  INCOME TAXES

        The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of
    Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes ("SFAS
    109").  SFAS 109 is an asset and liability approach that requires the
    recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for expected future tax
    consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company's financial
    statements or tax returns.

        Income taxes paid during the six-month periods ended December 31, 1994
    and 1993 amounted to $20,013 and $24,094 respectively.

4.  INVESTMENTS IN CASH EQUIVALENTS AND MARKETABLE SECURITIES

        Investments in cash equivalents and marketable securities at December
    31, 1994 and June 30, 1994 consist of professionally managed portfolios
    including U.S. Treasury securities, money market funds and short- and
    medium-term tax- exempt municipal bonds.  As of June 30, 1994, NovaCare
    adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, Accounting for
    Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities ("SFAS 115").  The effect
    of SFAS 115 is dependent upon classification of the investment and, in
    certain cases, determination as to the nature of the decline in market
    value below the cost basis of an investment.  Investments with maturities
    of greater than one year are classified as non-current.  Realized gains and
    losses on the sales of securities are computed using the specific
    identification method.

        Investments in U.S. Treasury securities accounted for 51% and 56% of
    the total investments at December 31, 1994 and June 30, 1994, respectively.
    As of December 31, 1994, the U.S. Treasury securities collateralized the
    Company's reverse repurchase agreements and cannot be liquidated for
    general business purposes.  Securities of no other issuer exceeded 10% of
    total investments at December 31, 1994 or June 30, 1994.




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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED
                               DECEMBER 31, 1994
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)


5.  RECEIVABLES

    Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           DECEMBER 31,           June 30,
                                                                              1994                  1994
                                                                         --------------        --------------
<S>                                                                      <C>                     <C>
 Accounts receivable   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $      268,839          $    246,169
 Due from Medicare   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   10,458                 2,289
 Less: Allowance for uncollectible accounts  . . . . . . . . .                  (25,787)              (17,692)
        Reserve for Medicare denials and other allowances  . .                  (12,309)              (15,039)
                                                                         --------------        --------------
                                                                         $      241,201          $    215,727
                                                                         ==============        ==============
<CAPTION>

6.  PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

    The components of property and equipment were as follows:

                                                                           DECEMBER 31,           June 30,
                                                                               1994                 1994     
                                                                         --------------        --------------
<S>                                                                      <C>                     <C>
 Land and buildings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           $       32,721          $     32,367
 Property, equipment and furniture   . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   78,762                68,360
 Leasehold improvements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   12,200                11,183
                                                                         --------------        --------------
                                                                                123,683               111,910
 Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization   . . . . . .                  (37,769)              (30,554)
                                                                         --------------        --------------
                                                                         $       85,914          $     81,356
                                                                         ==============        ==============

<CAPTION>
7.  LONG-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS

    Long-term debt and credit agreements consisted of the following:

                                                                           DECEMBER 31,             June 30,
                                                                               1994                   1994
                                                                         --------------          ------------
<S>                                                                      <C>                     <C>
 Convertible subordinated debentures (5.5%), due January 2000            $      175,000          $    175,000
 Revolving credit facility (LIBOR plus 1.125%), expiring
   November 28, 1997   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  124,549                69,563
 Reverse repurchase agreements (6.2%), payable through . . . .                   
   January 3, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   24,439                43,281
 Subordinated promissory notes (5% to 10%), payable through
   2000  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     35,157                30,580
 West Virginia commercial development revenue bonds
   (9.5% to 12%), payable through 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . .                   17,715                17,715
 Notes (5% to 12%), payable through November 2000  . . . . . .                    2,814                 3,736
 Capitalized lease obligations, payable through 2000   . . . .                    4,660                 4,680
 Other obligations (8% to 10%), payable through September 2016                       --                    47
                                                                         --------------          ------------
                                                                                384,334               344,602
 Less:  Current portion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   44,304                61,518
                                                                         --------------          ------------
                                                                         $      340,030          $    283,084
                                                                         ==============          ============
</TABLE>


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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED
                               DECEMBER 31, 1994
                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)


        In November 1994, the Company amended the revolving credit facility
    agreement increasing the amount available to $175,000.  The funds have been
    and will be used to refinance other indebtedness, as well as for general
    corporate purposes, including acquisitions.  At December 31, 1994, the
    interest rate on amounts borrowed on the revolving credit facility was
    7.625%.  The amended revolving credit facility agreement requires the
    maintenance of minimum working capital and net worth amounts, as well as
    certain financial ratios.  At December 31, 1994, the Company was in
    compliance with these requirements.


        During the three months ended December 31, 1994, the Company entered
    into reverse repurchase agreements with primary government dealers.  In the
    reverse repurchase agreements, the Company sold U.S. government securities
    subject to an agreement to repurchase those securities at a mutually agreed
    upon date and price, which approximates market.  These transactions were
    accounted for as loans to the Company collateralized by the underlying
    securities which are held by the primary government dealers.  The
    agreements required the Company to maintain investments in U.S. government
    securities with market value, including accrued interest, to be at least
    102% of the dollar amount sold as collateral.  The repurchase obligations
    outstanding on December 31, 1994 matured January 3, 1995.

        Interest paid on debt for the six months ended December 31, 1994 and
    1993 amounted to $9,246 and $7,988, respectively.

8.  CONTINGENCIES

        The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in
    the ordinary course of its business.  In the opinion of management, the
    amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these actions will
    not have a materially adverse affect on the financial position or results
    of operations of the Company.

9.  SUBSEQUENT EVENT

        On February 6, 1995, the Company announced the execution of a
    definitive agreement to sell its rehabilitation hospitals to HEALTHSOUTH
    Corporation.  Under the terms of the agreement, HEALTHSOUTH will pay the
    Company total consideration of approximately $235 million, including
    approximately $215 million of cash and $20 million of assumed debt.  The
    transaction is subject to a U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade
    Commission review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
    1976.  The transaction is expected to close in April 1995.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                      CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (In thousands)



THE COMPANY

    NovaCare, Inc. is a leading national provider of medical rehabilitation
services.  These services include providing rehabilitation therapy and subacute
services on a contract basis to health care institutions, primarily nursing
facilities; operating acute medical rehabilitation hospitals; providing
outpatient rehabilitation services through contracts with healthcare
institutions and a national network of clinics; and delivering orthotic and
prosthetic ("O&P") rehabilitation services through a national network of
patient care centers.

    NovaCare provides multidisciplinary medical rehabilitation services on a
contract basis to health care institutions, primarily nursing homes, including
those operated by most of the nation's largest chains.  As of  December 31,
1994, NovaCare provided these services through 5,330 contracts in 2,128
facilities located in 40 states.  NovaCare's 11 rehabilitation hospitals
provide acute rehabilitation care on a multidisciplinary, physician-directed
basis to severely disabled patients.  Five community re-entry programs treat
post-acute brain injured patients in community-based settings. Orthotic and
prosthetic rehabilitation services are provided by orthotists and prosthetists,
referred to as practitioners, through 130 patient care centers in 26 states.
Orthotic rehabilitation is the fitting and fabrication of custom-made braces
and support devices for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.  Prosthetic
rehabilitation is the fitting and fabrication of custom-made artificial limbs.
NovaCare provides outpatient physical and occupational therapy services at 347
clinics in 27 states.  These services are provided by licensed physical and
occupational therapists who develop individual treatment plans involving
manual, aquatic and electrical modalities and controlled exercise strengthening
programs to rehabilitate patients with musculoskeletal injuries or after
surgery.  NovaCare also manages 31 subacute programs for nursing facilities on
a contract basis and operates subacute units in five of its medical
rehabilitation hospitals.

BUSINESS STRATEGY

    NovaCare is a provider of rehabilitative care and management services to
the health care industry.  NovaCare's objective is to be the rehabilitation
industry leader in lower-cost, post-acute settings, establish a meaningful
presence in selected local markets and obtain regional and national contracts
with employers, managed care organizations, and other insurers.  In pursuing
this strategy, NovaCare seeks to maintain flexibility in the constantly
changing health care industry by limiting its investment in fixed assets.

    NovaCare's strategy is designed to capitalize upon (1) growing demand for
rehabilitation services particularly in lower- cost, post-acute settings, (2)
highly fragmented competition and (3) the lack of professional management,
information systems and access to capital, which is characteristic of much of
the industry.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - CONTINUED
                                 (In thousands)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
- - - ------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
- - - --------------------------

NET REVENUES

    For the three months ended December 31, 1994, the Company's net revenues
increased  18% to $232,201 from $196,132 for the same period a year ago.  The
increase in net revenues was attributable principally to net revenues from
businesses acquired since December 31, 1993.  Additionally, revenues increased
as a result of successful recruiting of contract therapy staff offset by higher
therapist turnover which resulted in a 13% increase in the number of
therapists, and an increase in average medical rehabilitation hospital
occupancy rates to 66% from 64%.

GROSS PROFIT

    Gross profit, defined as net revenues less cost of services (primarily
salaries, benefits, and travel expenses for the Company's medical professional
staff and supervisory personnel, manufactured materials and hospital facility
costs), increased during the three months ended December 31, 1994 to $65,444 as
compared to $64,340 for the same period a year ago.  Gross profit as a
percentage of revenues decreased to 28% from 33% as a result of decreased
productivity and higher costs in the contract therapy business.  These factors
were offset by higher average daily census, increased revenue per patient day,
decreased costs in the Company's hospitals and an increased percentage of
revenues attributable to the higher margin outpatient rehabilitation business.

SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net
revenues were 18% for the three months ended December 31, 1994 and 1993,
respectively.  The absolute dollar increase of $5,994, or 17%, was due
principally to increased administrative staff in support of the Company's
revenue growth, marketing and sales programs, and expenses of businesses
acquired.

MERGER AND OTHER NONRECURRING EXPENSES

    Merger and other nonrecurring expenses, which were 3% of net revenues for
the three months ended December 31, 1993, were associated with the merger with
RehabClinics, Inc. in February 1994.

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

    As a result of the foregoing, operating margins decreased to 10% of net
revenues in the second quarter of  fiscal 1995 from 12% in the second quarter
of the prior year.

INVESTMENT INCOME

    Investment income consists of interest, dividends and net gains on the sale
of the Company's portfolio of short- and medium-term investments.  Investment
income decreased $950 or 67% in the second quarter of fiscal 1995 versus the
same period last year due principally to lower amounts invested, as a result of
funds expended for acquisitions.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - CONTINUED
                                 (In thousands)

INTEREST EXPENSE

        Interest expense related primarily to interest incurred on the
Company's convertible subordinated debentures, the revolving credit facility,
and business acquisition financing.  Interest expense for the three months
ended December 31, 1994 increased $1,860, or 40%, compared to the same period
last year.  The increase was due principally to debt incurred and assumed in
connection with business acquisitions and investments in information systems.

AMORTIZATION OF EXCESS COST OF NET ASSETS ACQUIRED

        In the second quarter of fiscal 1995, amortization of excess cost of
net assets acquired increased $958, or 53%, versus the corresponding period of
the prior year as a result of businesses acquired after the second quarter of
fiscal 1994.

INCOME TAXES

        The effective income tax rate of the Company was 42% for the second
quarter of fiscal 1995 compared to 48% for the same period in fiscal 1994.  The
decrease in the Company's effective rate was due principally to non-deductible
merger expenses incurred in fiscal 1994 offset somewhat by an increase in
non-deductible amortization of excess cost of net assets acquired and a
decrease in tax-exempt interest income.

        The Company's second quarter fiscal 1995 and 1994 effective income tax
rates differed from the federal statutory tax rate primarily due to the
amortization of excess cost of net assets acquired, and nonrecurring merger
expenses in fiscal 1994, which are not fully deductible for tax purposes,
offset somewhat by non-taxable interest income.

NET INCOME

        As a result of the foregoing, net income decreased to $8,887 in the
second quarter of fiscal 1995 from $9,337 in the second quarter of fiscal 1994.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
- - - ----------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
- - - --------------------------

NET REVENUES

        For the six months ended December 31, 1994, the Company's net revenues
increased  24% to $463,011 from $372,563 for the same period a year ago.  The
increase in net revenues was attributable principally to net revenues from
businesses acquired since December 31, 1993.  Additionally, revenues increased
as a result of successful recruiting of contract therapy staff, offset somewhat
by higher therapist turnover and an increase in average medical rehabilitation
hospital occupancy rates to 66% from 63%.

GROSS PROFIT

        Gross profit, defined as net revenues less cost of services (primarily
salaries, benefits, and travel expenses for the Company's medical professional
staff and supervisory personnel, manufactured materials and hospital facility
costs), increased during the six months ended December 31, 1994 to $132,674 as
compared to $120,004 for the same period a year ago.  Gross profit as a
percentage of revenues decreased to 29% from 32% as a result of a decrease in
therapist productivity in contract therapy and an increased use of independent
contractors, and increases in compensation and benefits.  These factors were
offset by higher average daily census, increased revenue per patient day,
decreased costs in the Company's hospitals, and an increased percentage of
revenues attributable to the higher margin outpatient rehabilitation business.



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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - CONTINUED
                                 (In thousands)


SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

        Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net
revenues increased to 18% for the six months ended December 31, 1994 as
compared to 17% for the same period a year ago.  The absolute dollar increase
of $17,643, or 27%, was due principally to increased administrative staff in
support of the Company's revenue growth, marketing and sales programs, expenses
incurred while implementing a new service delivery model in the contract
therapy business and expenses of businesses acquired.

MERGER AND OTHER NONRECURRING EXPENSES

        Merger and other nonrecurring expenses, which were 2% of net revenues
for the six months ended December 31, 1993,  were associated with the merger
with RehabClinics, Inc. in February 1994.

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

        As a result of the foregoing, operating margins decreased to 11% of net
revenues for the first six months of fiscal 1995 from 13% in the first six
months of the prior year.

INVESTMENT INCOME

        Investment income consists of interest, dividends and net gains on the
sale of the Company's portfolio of short- and medium-term investments.
Investment income decreased $1,837 or 58% in the first six months of fiscal
1995 versus the same period last year due principally to lower amounts
invested, as a result of funds expended for acquisitions.

INTEREST EXPENSE

        Interest expense related primarily to interest incurred on the
Company's convertible subordinated debentures, the revolving credit facility
and business acquisition financing.  Interest expense for the six months ended
December 31, 1994 increased $3,910, or 48%, compared to the same period last
year.  The increase was due principally to debt incurred and assumed in
connection with business acquisitions and investments in information systems.

AMORTIZATION OF EXCESS COST OF NET ASSETS ACQUIRED

        In the first six months of fiscal 1995, amortization of excess cost of
net assets acquired increased $2,325, or 73%, versus the corresponding period
of the prior year as a result of businesses acquired after the second quarter
of fiscal 1994.

INCOME TAXES

        The effective income tax rate of the Company was 40% for the six-month
period ended December 31, 1994 compared to 43% for the same period in fiscal
1994.  The decrease in the Company's effective rate was due principally to
non-deductible merger expenses incurred in the second quarter of fiscal 1994
offset by an increase in non-deductible amortization of excess cost of net
assets acquired and a decrease in tax-exempt interest income.

        The Company's effective income tax rates for the six months ended
December 31, 1994 and 1993 differed from the federal statutory tax rate
primarily due to the amortization of excess cost of net assets acquired and
non-recurring merger expenses in fiscal 1994, which are not fully deductible
for tax purposes, offset somewhat by non-taxable interest income.




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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - CONTINUED
                                 (In thousands)

NET INCOME

        As a result of the foregoing, net income decreased to $19,935 in the
first six months of fiscal 1995 from $23,032 in the first six months of fiscal
1994.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
- - - -------------------------------

        Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $280 and $2,230
for the six months ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.  The
principal reasons for the decrease were the decreases in net income, accounts
payable and accrued expenses, income taxes payable, and the increases in other
current assets; offset by an increase in depreciation and amortization, which
are non-cash charges, and a slightly lower increase in accounts receivable as
compared with the prior year.  The decreases in accounts payable and income
taxes payable were principally due to the timing of payments.  The increases in
other current assets were principally due to increases in restricted cash held
in escrow for the commercial development revenue bonds and relocation loans to
various employees of the Company.

        Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities decreased to $77,638
from $126,446 at June 30, 1994.  This decrease resulted principally from cash
expenditures for business acquisitions, additional investments in information
systems, and property and equipment additions, offset somewhat by borrowings
under the revolving credit facility.

        The Company's business strategy comprehends expansion of the Company's
activities through internal growth and selected acquisitions.  The funds
required to support these programs are expected to be provided by existing
working capital and cash flows from operations, supplemented by financing in
the form of revolving credit facilities, private placements, leasing
arrangements or a combination thereof.  In May 1994, the Company entered into a
$115,000 revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks which was used to
refinance certain bank debt, as well as for general corporate purposes,
including acquisitions.  In November 1994, the facility was amended and the
amount available under the facility was increased to $175,000.

        NovaCare's medical rehabilitation hospitals have been financed
principally pursuant to real estate lease arrangements with certain real estate
investment trusts with regard to land and buildings and through the issuance of
commercial development bonds.  NovaCare's medical rehabilitation hospital
property lease arrangements are operating leases with terms ranging from 10 to
13 years and provide for increasing rental payments contingent upon the revenue
growth of the related facility.  The leases also contain renewal options which
permit extended terms of the base lease periods.  The commercial development
revenue bonds are payable through 2015 and have interest rates ranging from
9.5% to 12%.

The Company's current ratios and its working capital are set forth for the
dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             DECEMBER 31,                 June 30,
                                                                 1994                       1994
                                                            ----------------           -------------
               <S>                                          <C>                        <C>
               Current ratio                                          2.81:1                  2.38:1
               Working capital                              $        226,793           $     194,324
</TABLE>

        The increase in the current ratio at December 31, 1994 from June 30,
1994 is attributable principally to a decrease in the current portion of
long-term debt resulting from the pay down of a portion of the short-term
reverse repurchase agreements held at June 30, 1994 offset by a decrease in
cash and marketable securities.  The decrease in cash and marketable securities
resulted from the sale and maturity of certain marketable securities for
payment of acquisitions and reduction of debt.  Working capital increased at
December 31, 1994 from June 30, 1994 due principally to a decrease in the
current portion of long- term debt and an increase in accounts receivable, as a
result of business growth, offset somewhat by an increase in accounts payable
and a decrease in cash and marketable securities.  NovaCare's investment
strategy is to invest excess cash in A, A1 or P1 rated or better fixed income
governmental and corporate securities, U.S. government securities (including
guaranteed and agency issues), bankers' acceptances and repurchase agreements.

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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
               MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
                CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - CONTINUED
                                 (In thousands)


        At December 31, 1994, debt as a percentage of total capitalization
(i.e. total debt and stockholders' equity) was 47% compared with 45% at June
30, 1994.  The increase was due to higher outstanding indebtedness resulting
from funds borrowed for acquisitions, as well as indebtedness assumed in
connection with acquisitions.  NovaCare believes that its cash and cash
equivalents, marketable securities and cash flows from operations will be
sufficient to meet its planned working capital and capital investment needs in
fiscal 1995.  Additionally, NovaCare believes it has the capacity to obtain
additional financing sufficient to meet NovaCare's acquisition-related
investment needs beyond those forecasted for the near term.

        As of June 30, 1994, NovaCare adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities ("SFAS 115"), which requires investment securities to be classified
as held to maturity, available for sale, or trading.  The adoption of SFAS 115
had no effect on NovaCare's results of operations.   At December 31, 1994, a
valuation allowance in stockholders' equity of $1,173 was required to reflect
unrealized holding losses on municipal bonds classified as available for sale.
Unrealized holding losses on the municipal bond portfolio resulted from
increases in interest rates during calendar year 1994 and do not reflect an
impairment of the debtor's ability to repay the obligation.


SUBSEQUENT EVENT

        On February 6, 1995, the Company announced the execution of a
definitive agreement to sell its rehabilitation hospitals to HEALTHSOUTH
Corporation.  Under terms of the agreement, HEALTHSOUTH will pay the Company
total consideration of approximately $235 million, including approximately $215
million in cash and $20 million in assumed debt.  The transaction is subject to
a U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission review under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.  The transaction in
expected to close in April 1995.   The proceeds of this transaction will be
used to enhance the Company's leading market share positions in its other
rehabilitation businesses and to pay down debt.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

        On October 27, 1994, the Company held its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994.  The following matters
were submitted for vote:

1.      The following individuals were nominated and elected to serve as the
        directors of the Company:

<TABLE>
        <S>                               <C>
        John H. Foster                    For: 47,759,722
                                          Withhold Authority: 278,212

        C. Arnold Renschler, M.D.         For: 47,567,796
                                          Withhold Authority: 270,138

        Timothy E. Foster                 For: 47,565,038
                                          Withhold Authority: 272,896

        E. Martin Gibson                  For: 47,563,267
                                          Withhold Authority: 274,667

        Siri S. Marshall                  For: 47,577,117
                                          Withhold Authority: 258,817

        Stephen E. O'Neil                 For: 47,567,133
                                          Withhold Authority: 268,811

        George W. Siguler                 For: 47,568,517
                                          Withhold Authority: 269,417

        Robert G. Stone, Jr.              For: 47,566,624
                                          Withhold Authority: 271,310

        Daniel C. Tosteson, M.D.          For: 47,529,109
                                          Withhold Authority: 308,825
</TABLE>

2.      The holders of 40,405,558 shares voted in favor of, the holders of
        2,291,928 shares voted against, the holders of 1,214,801 shares
        abstained, and there were 3,294,647 broker non-votes with respect to
        the adoption of the following matter:

        The approval of the Company's Executive Compensation Plan.

3.      The holders of 46,265,654 shares voted in favor of, the holders of
        970,207 shares voted against, and the holders of 601,073 shares
        abstained with respect to the ratification of the selection of Price
        Waterhouse, LLP, independent certified public accountants, to serve as
        independent accountants for the Company.





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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                    PART II - OTHER INFORMATION - CONTINUED



ITEM 6 - EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

<TABLE>
        <S>    <C>                <C>
        (A)    Exhibit
               Number             Exhibit Description                                                 Page Number
               ------             -------------------                                                 -----------

               10(a)              Revolving Credit Facility Credit Agreement First Amendment
                                  dated as of September 20, 1994 by and among NovaCare and
                                  certain of its subsidiaries and PNC Bank, N.A., First Union National
                                  Bank of North Carolina, Mellon Bank, N.A., NationsBank of
                                  North Carolina, N.A., CoreStates Bank, N.A., and National
                                  Westminster Bank, N.A.

               10(b)              Revolving Credit Facility Credit Agreement Second Amendment
                                  dated as of November 28, 1994 by and among NovaCare and certain
                                  of its subsidiaries and PNC Bank, First Union National Bank of
                                  North Carolina, Mellon Bank, N.A., NationsBank of North Carolina,
                                  N.A., CoreStates Bank, N.A., National Westminster Bank, N.A., and
                                  Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, N.A.

               10(c)              Employment Agreement between the Company and Timothy E. Foster
                                  dated as of December 2, 1994. 

               27                 Financial Data Schedule

        (B)    During the quarter ended December 31, 1994, the Registrant did not file a report on Form 8-K.
</TABLE> 



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                        NOVACARE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES





                                   SIGNATURES


PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                 
                                     NOVACARE, INC.
                                 ---------------------
                                      (REGISTRANT)




FEBRUARY 14, 1994             BY /s/ TIMOTHY E. FOSTER
                                 ----------------------
                                     TIMOTHY E. FOSTER,
                                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
                                     AND CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER





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                                EXHIBIT INDEX



<TABLE>
<S>                <C>
Exhibit
Number             Exhibit Description 
- - - ------             -------------------  

10(a)              Revolving Credit Facility Credit Agreement First Amendment
                   dated as of September 20, 1994 by and among NovaCare and
                   certain of its subsidiaries and PNC Bank, N.A., First Union National
                   Bank of North Carolina, Mellon Bank, N.A., NationsBank of
                   North Carolina, N.A., CoreStates Bank, N.A., and National
                   Westminster Bank, N.A.

10(b)              Revolving Credit Facility Credit Agreement Second Amendment
                   dated as of November 28, 1994 by and among NovaCare and certain
                   of its subsidiaries and PNC Bank, First Union National Bank of
                   North Carolina, Mellon Bank, N.A., NationsBank of North Carolina,
                   N.A., CoreStates Bank, N.A., National Westminster Bank, N.A., and
                   Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, N.A.

10(c)              Employment Agreement between the Company and Timothy E. Foster
                   dated as of December 2, 1994. 

27                 Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE> 

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(a)
                                                                   




                                 NOVACARE, INC.
                             1016 WEST NINTH AVENUE
                           KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406




                               September 20, 1994


PNC Bank, National Association,
  as Agent
One PNC Plaza
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265
Attn:  Frank A. Taucher

         RE:     First Amendment to Credit Agreement

Dear Frank:

         We refer to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 27, 1994
(the "Credit Agreement"), by and among NovaCare, Inc.  and certain of its
Subsidiaries, the Banks party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association
("Agent").  Capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings given to them under the Credit Agreement.

                                   BACKGROUND

         Section 6.01(a) provides in part that "each of the Loan Parties is a
corporation."  Section 1.01 defines "Loan Parties" to include in part each of
the Borrowers and Guarantors.  NovaCare Management Business Trust ("NovaCare
Management") is a business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and is a Borrower.

         Section 6.02 provides in part that "Should any of the information or
disclosures provided on any of the Schedules attached hereto become outdated or
incorrect in any material respect, the Loan Parties shall promptly provide the
Agent in writing with such revisions or updates to such Schedules as may be
necessary or appropriate to update or correct same . . .".

         The parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
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                                   AGREEMENT
         1.      Waiver.

                 (a)      The Banks hereby waive any violation of the first
sentence of Section 6.01(a) resulting from the execution by NovaCare Management
of the Agreement as a Borrower.

                 (b)      The Banks hereby waive any violation of Section
8.02(b) of the Credit Agreement resulting from the acquisition of the assets of
Associated Rehabilitation Services, Inc. of which certain assets are subject to
a lien securing a $341,000 loan on certain property located in Portage, Indiana
in favor of the United States Small Business Administration, which Loan does
not constitute Assumed Indebtedness.

         2.      Amendments.  The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                 2.1      Definitions.

                          (a)  The definitions of Pledge Agreements and
Restricted Subsidiaries contained in Section 1.01 are hereby amended and
restated to read as follows:

                          "Pledge Agreements shall mean the Pledge Agreement in
         substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01(P)(4) executed
         and delivered by NovaCare and each other Borrower which owns stock in
         any other Loan Party, Exhibit 1.01(P)(5) executed and delivered by
         each Guarantor which owns stock in any other Loan Party, Exhibit
         1.01(p)(6) executed and delivered by each Borrower or Guarantor which
         owns any partnership interests in any other Loan Party, AND ANY OTHER
         FORM OF AGREEMENT PLEDGING ANY INTERESTS IN A LOAN PARTY EXECUTED AND
         DELIVERED BY THE HOLDERS OF SUCH INTERESTS, in each instance to the
         Agent for the benefit of the Banks, and Pledge Agreement shall mean
         separately any Pledge Agreement."

                "Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean collectively Arizona Rehab,
         Meridian Point AND NOVACARE MANAGEMENT."

                          (b)  The following new definitions are hereby added 
to Section 1.01:

                "Beneficial Interests shall have the meaning set forth in
         Section 6.01(c)."

                "First Amendment shall mean the first amendment to this
         Agreement."
<PAGE>   3
                 "NovaCare Management shall mean NovaCare Management Business
         Trust, a Pennsylvania business trust."

                 "NovaCare Management Pledge Date shall mean the date on which
         NovaCare shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Agent
         for the benefit of the Banks each of the following documents:

                          (i)  evidence satisfactory to the Agent in its sole
         discretion that NovaCare Management is a business trust duly
         organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
         Pennsylvania and otherwise complies with the representations and
         warranties contained in Sections 6.01(a), (c), (o) and (p);.

                          (ii)  written confirmation by NovaCare Management
         that it is a Borrower under the Credit Agreement and that it is in
         compliance with the terms thereof;

                          (iii)  an amended and restated Schedule 6.01(c) which
         shall, among other things, state the name of the trustee and
         beneficial owners of NovaCare Management;

                          (iv)  an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent
         confirming the matters set forth in Sections 6.01(a), (c), (d), (e),
         (f), (g), (o) and (p) with respect to NovaCare Management;

                          (v)  a Pledge Agreement executed by the trustee and
         each of the beneficial owners of NovaCare Management pledging the
         Beneficial Interests to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks; and

                          (vi)  to the extent the Beneficial Interests are
         uncertificated, UCC-1 financing statements sufficient to perfect the
         security interests of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks in the
         Beneficial Interests."

                 2.2      Revolving Credit Borrowing.  A new clause (iii) is
hereby added to the end of Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement, immediately
after the words "in the aggregate $7,500,000" and before the final period, to
read as follows:

         "; and (iii)  no Revolving Credit Loans shall be made to NovaCare on
         or before the NovaCare Management Pledge Date."

                 2.3      Representations and Warranties.  Clauses (a), (c),
(o) and (p) of Section 6.01 are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:





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<PAGE>   4
                 "(a)  Organization and Qualification.  Each of the Loan
         Parties is a corporation, partnership OR BUSINESS TRUST, duly
         organized, validly existing and, except as set forth on Schedule
         6.01(a), in good standing under the laws of its respective
         jurisdiction of organization; each Loan Party has the corporate,
         partnership OR TRUST (as the case may be) power to own or lease its
         respective properties and to engage in the business it presently
         conducts or proposes to conduct; and each Loan Party is duly qualified
         and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the property owned or
         leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it or both
         makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the
         failure to be so licensed or qualified would not constitute a Material
         Adverse Change."

                 "(c)  Subsidiaries; Excluded Entities.  Schedule 6.01(c)
         attached hereto states the name of each Subsidiary of NovaCare, its
         jurisdiction of organization, its authorized capital stock and the
         issued and outstanding shares (referred to herein collectively as the
         "Subsidiary Shares") and the owners thereof if it is a corporation,
         its outstanding partnership interests (the "Partnership Interests")
         and the owners thereof if it is a partnership AND THE TRUSTEE AND
         HOLDERS OF ITS BENEFICIAL INTERESTS (THE "BENEFICIAL INTERESTS") IF IT
         IS A BUSINESS TRUST.  NovaCare has good and marketable title to all of
         the Subsidiary Shares, Partnership Interests AND BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
         it purports to own, free and clear in each case of any Lien, except
         for Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks, and each
         other Loan Party has good and marketable title to all of the
         Subsidiary Shares, Partnership Interests AND BENEFICIAL INTERESTS it
         purports to own, free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens in favor
         of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks.  All Subsidiary Shares,
         Partnership Interests AND BENEFICIAL INTERESTS have been validly
         issued.  All Subsidiary Shares are fully paid and nonassessable.  All
         capital contributions and other consideration required to be made or
         paid in connection with the issuance of the Partnership Interests OR
         BENEFICIAL INTERESTS have been made or paid, as the case may be.
         Except as set forth on Schedule 6.01(c), there are no options,
         warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any such Subsidiary
         Shares, Partnership Interests OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS.  Each
         Qualifying Subsidiary, other than the Excluded Qualifying
         Subsidiaries, is a Loan Party hereunder and is listed on the signature
         lines or Schedule 6.01(c) as the case may be as a Guarantor or a
         Borrower.  Schedule 1.01(E) lists each Subsidiary, Minority Subsidiary
         or Unaffiliated Managed Company which is not a Loan Party."

                 "(o)  Security Interests.  The Liens and security interests
         granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks pursuant to the





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<PAGE>   5
         Pledge Agreements in the Pledged Collateral constitute and the Loan
         Parties shall not take any action that would cause them not to
         continue to constitute Prior Security Interests under the Uniform
         Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction (the
         "Uniform Commercial Code") or other applicable Law entitled to all the
         rights, benefits and priorities provided by the Uniform Commercial
         Code or such Law.  Upon taking possession of any stock certificates OR
         CERTIFICATES OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS, evidencing the Pledged
         Collateral which consists of stock OR CERTIFICATED BENEFICIAL
         INTERESTS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, and the filing of UCC-1 financing
         statements with respect to any Pledged Collateral which consists of
         partnership interests OR UNCERTIFICATED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS, all such
         action as is necessary or advisable to establish such rights of the
         Agent will have been taken, and there will be upon execution and
         delivery of the Pledge Agreement and such taking of possession and
         such filing, no necessity for any further action in order to preserve,
         protect and continue such rights."

                 "(p)  Status of the Pledged Collateral.  All the shares of
         capital stock OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS included in the Pledged
         Collateral to be pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreements are or will
         be upon issuance duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
         nonassessable and owned beneficially and of record by the pledgor free
         and clear of any Lien or restriction on transfer, except as otherwise
         provided by the Pledge Agreements and except as the right of the Banks
         or the Agent to dispose of such shares OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS may be
         limited by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations
         promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder and
         by applicable state securities laws.  There are no shareholder or
         other agreements or understandings with respect to the shares of
         capital stock OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS included in the Pledged
         Collateral."

                 2.4      Negative Covenants.  (a)  Clause (iv) of Section
8.02(i) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

                 "(iv)  Permitted Intercompany Indebtedness, other than
         Indebtedness of NOVACARE MANAGEMENT, Arizona Rehab or Meridian Point
         to NovaCare or any of its Subsidiaries; and investments in the Loan
         Parties, other than investments in NOVACARE MANAGEMENT, Arizona Rehab
         or Meridian Point;"

                 (b)      A new clause (ix) is hereby added to Section 8.02(i)
to read as follows:





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<PAGE>   6
                 "(ix)  Restricted Investments in, to or in respect of NovaCare
         Management: (A) made prior to the effective date of the First
         Amendment, or (B) made after the NovaCare Management Pledge Date; it
         is understood that no Restricted Investments may be made in NovaCare
         Management between the effective date of the First Amendment and the
         NovaCare Management Pledge Date."




                 2.5      Joinder of Loan Parties.  The words "or other
appropriate form acceptable to the Agent if such Subsidiary is not a
partnership or corporation" are hereby added to Section 11.18 in the following
two places: (1) clause (i)(1)(D) after the words "Exhibit ... 1.01(P)(6)" and
before the comma, and (2) clause (i)(3) after the words "Exhibit ...
1.01(P)(6)" and before the comma.

         3.      Schedules.  The Schedules to the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended as follows:

                 Schedule 6.01(c).

                     Schedule 6.01(c) is amended and restated as set forth on 
Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein.

         4.      Full Force and Effect.  All provisions of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents remain in force and effect except as expressly
waived or amended hereby.





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<PAGE>   7
         5.      Effective Date.  This letter agreement shall become effective
when it has been signed by the Loan Parties, the Agent and the Required Banks.

                                              Yours very truly,

                                        NOVACARE, INC. and each of the
                                        Borrowers and Guarantors
                                        under the Credit Agreement



By:
   --------------------------
                                        Timothy E. Foster, Vice President of 
                                        each of the entities listed  
                                        above his name on the        
                                        signature lines to the Credit
                                        Agreement                    
                             




By:
   --------------------------
                                        Joseph C. O'Neill, President of each of 
                                        the entities listed above his           
                                        name on the signature lines             
                                        to the Credit Agreement                 



By:
   --------------------------
                                        Andrew J. Beck, Vice President of each  
                                        of the entities listed above            
                                        his name on the signature               
                                        lines to the Credit Agreement           





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<PAGE>   8
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO AS
OF THE ______ DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1994.


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Bank and as Agent


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------

CORESTATES BANK, N.A.


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
OF NORTH CAROLINA


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------

MELLON BANK, N.A.


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------

NATIONSBANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK USA


By:
   -------------------------------
Title:
      ----------------------------




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                                   EXHIBIT A


                                SCHEDULE 6.01(c)

                                  SUBSIDIARIES




   I.  Subsidiary Corporations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   Affiliated Physical                 Arizona               G        120,091 common shares,       35,600      Mill River III,
   Therapists, Ltd.                                                   $1 par value 83,067                      Inc.
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value

   American Health                     Pennsylvania         --        10,000 common shares,          200       RHCA
   Enterprises, Ltd.                                                  $10.00 par value

   Applied  Orthotic/Prosthetic        New Hampshire        --        300 shares,                    150       NovaCare O&P East
   Technologies, Inc.                                                 no par value

   Arizona Rehabilitation              Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Arizona Therapy, Limb and           Arizona              --        100,000 common shares,       19,231      NovaCare O&P West
   Brace, Inc.                                                        $10.00 par value

   Atlantic Rehabilitation             New Jersey            G        1,000 shares, no par           20        Mill River III,
   Services, Inc.                                                     value                                    Inc.

   NovaCare Bakersfield Regional       Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Barnhart Prosthetic and Orthotic    Oregon               --        500 shares, no par             100       NovaCare O&P West
   Center, Inc.                                                       value

   Boca Rehab Agency, Inc.             Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Buendel Physical Therapy, Inc.      Florida               G        750 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      $10.00 par value                         Inc.

   Burge-Lloyd Surgical Co.            Nevada               --        2,500 common shares, no        375       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   10
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   Cannon & Associates, Inc.           Delaware              G        10,000 common shares,         3,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)
                                                                      1,286 cumulative
                                                                      redeemable preferred
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value

   Cenla Physical Therapy              Louisiana             G        10,000 shares,                2,000      Mill River III,
   & Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.                                      no par value                             Inc.
   Center for Physical Therapy and     New Mexico            G        500,000 common shares,        1,000      Mill River III,
   Sports Rehabilitation, Inc.                                        no par value                             Inc.

   CenterTherapy, Inc.                 Minnesota             G        50,000 Class A voting      475 Class A   Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value,      voting      Inc.
                                                                      50,000 Class B non-
                                                                      voting shares, $.01 par
                                                                      value

   Coastal Orthopedics Services, Inc.  Massachusetts        --        15,000 common shares,         3,600      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      no par value

   Commonwealth Prosthetics            Kentucky             --        3,000 shares, no par          1,332      NovaCare O&P East
   & Orthotics, Inc.                                                  value

   Coplin Physical Therapy             Minnesota             G        2,500 common shares, no        100       Mill River III,
   Associates, Inc.                                                   par value                                Inc.

   CR Services Corp.                   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   Crowley Physical Therapy Clinic,    Louisiana             G        10,000 common shares,          500       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               no par value                             Inc.

   Custom Prosthetics of Arizona,      Arizona              --        100,000 common shares,       10,000      NovaCare O&P West
   Inc.                                                               no par value
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   11

                                                                               3

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   Douglas Avery and                   Virginia              G        500 Series A Voting            100       Mill River III,
   Associates, Ltd.                                                   Common Shares, $10.00                    Inc.
                                                                      par value
                                                                      300 Series B Non-Voting
                                                                      Common Shares, $.01 par
                                                                      value

   NovaCare Easton & Moran Physical    California            G        1,000 Common Shares, no       1,000      Rehab Systems
   Therapy, Inc.                                                      par value                                Company

   FD Capital Corporation              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   Fillauer Orthotic & Prosthetic      Tennessee            --        1,000 common shares,           10        NovaCare O&P East
   Services, Inc.                                                     $1.00 par value

   Florida Footcare Centers, Inc.      Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          100       NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      value

   Florida Footcare Orthotic &         Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          100       NovaCare O&P East
   Prosthetic Centers of Palm Beach,                                  value
   Inc.

   Florida Orthotic & Prosthetic       Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          300       NovaCare O&P East
   Centers of Broward, Inc.                                           value

   Francis Naselli, Jr. & Stewart      Pennsylvania          G        1,000 common shares, no       1,000      Mill River III,
   Rich Physical Therapists, Inc.                                     par value                                Inc.

   Gaines Brace & Limb, Inc.           Colorado             --        1,000 common shares, no        400       NovaCare O&P
                                                                      par value

   Galaxy Service Corporation          Illinois             --        1,200 Class A common                     RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      shares, no par value                     Inc. (60%)
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   12
                                                                               4

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                         <C>          <C>
   Gulf Breeze Physical Therapy, Inc.  Florida               G        7,500 common shares, $1        200       Mill River III,
                                                                      par value                                Inc.

   Hand Therapy and Rehabilitation     California            G        10,000 common shares,         6,000      Mill River III,
   Associates, Inc.                                                   no par value                             Inc.

   Hand Therapy Associates, Inc.       Arizona               G        1,000,000 common               250       Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $10 par value                    Inc.

   Hawley Physical Therapy, Inc.       California            G        100,000 common shares,       20,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Heartland Rehabilitation, Inc.      Indiana               G        1,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Indianapolis Physical Therapy and   Indiana               G        400,000 common shares,       267,808     Mill River III,
   Sports Medicine, Inc.                                              no par value                             Inc.

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Texas                 G        1,000 shares, $1.00 par       1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (TX)                                                               value                                    (PA)

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Oregon                G        5,000 common shares           1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (OR)                                                               $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Illinois              G        10,000 common shares,         1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (IL)                                                               no par value                             (PA)

   Isle Acquisition Corp.              Delaware             --        1,000 Common Shares,          1,000      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Jana B. Mason, L.P.T., Inc.         Kentucky              G        2,000 common shares, no       1,100      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Jana B. Mason Therapy Associates,   Kentucky              G        1,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               par value                                (PA)

   Jim All, Inc.                       Texas                --        1,000,000 shares, $1.00       1,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   13
                                                                               5

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                 <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   Karg Prosthetics Co., Inc.          California           --        75,000 shares, $1.00          3,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   Kesinger Physical Therapy, Inc.     California            G        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Knoxville Orthopedic Appliance      Tennessee            --        2,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare O&P East
   Co., Inc.                                                          par value

   Life Dimensions, Inc.               Nevada                G        2,500 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Life Dimensions of California,      California            G        1,000 shares, no par           50        NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               value                                    (PA)

   Lux Artificial Limb & Brace         Texas                --        2,000 common shares,          2,000      NovaCare O&P West
   Company                                                            $10 par value

   Lynn M. Carlson, Inc.               Arizona               G        1,000,000 common              6,400      Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $1 par value                     Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates, Inc.         Texas                --        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      $.10 par value

   Medical Rehabilitation Corporation  Maryland              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      RHCA
   of Maryland                                                        $.01 par value

   NovaCare Meridian Point             Arizona               B        100,000 common shares,       10,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      no par value                             Financial
                                                                                                               Corporation

   Mid-Kansas Therapy Services, Inc.   Kansas                G        500,000 common shares,       10,851      Mill River III,
                                                                      $1 par value                             Inc.

   Mill River I, Inc.                  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mill River II, Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mill River III, Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mill River IV, Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares           1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mill River Management, Inc.         Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mitchell Tannenbaum I, Inc.         Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Mitchell Tannenbaum II, Inc.        Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   14
                                                                               6

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                           <C>        <C>
   Mitchell Tannenbaum III, Inc.       Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Mobility Orthotics & Prosthetics,   Virginia             --        5,000 shares, $1.00 par       5,000      NovaCare O&P East
   Inc.                                                               value

   Monmouth Rehabilitation, Inc.       New Jersey            G        100 shares, no par             80        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   NACC, Inc.                          Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,           25        Rehab Systems
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Company
                                                                                                     25        NovaCare O&P
                                                                                                     125       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                                                               (PA)

   National Rehab Services             California            G        1,000,000 common              5,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      shares, no par value                     (PA)

   National Rehabilitation Corp.       Michigan             --        50,000 common shares,         5,000      RHCA
                                                                      $1.00 par value

   New Mexico Physical Therapists,     New Mexico            G        50,000 common shares,          559       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Newport Orthopedic and  Prosthetic  California           --        200,000 common shares,        2,250      NovaCare O&P West
   Center, Inc.                                                       $1.00 par value

   Northside Physical Therapy, Inc.    Ohio                  G        500 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      without par value                        Inc.

   NovaCare Northside Therapy, Inc.    Minnesota             G        2,500 shares, $10.00           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   NovaCare (Arizona), Inc.            Arizona               G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare (Colorado), Inc.           Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare (Illinois), Inc.           Illinois              G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare (Texas), Inc.              Texas                 G        100 common shares, $.01        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   15
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                   <C>      <C>                       <C>            <C>
   NovaCare, Inc.                      Pennsylvania          G        5,000 common shares, no       1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (DE)

   NovaCare Management Services, Inc.  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   NovaCare Management Business Trust  Pennsylvania          G        N/A                            N/A       N/A

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics,   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           (DE)

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare O&P
   East, Inc.                                                         $.01 par value                           Holdings

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    Delaware              G        1,000 shares, $.01 par        1,000      NovaCare O&P
   Holdings, Inc.                                                     value

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    California            G        5,000,000 shares, $.10       689,681     NovaCare O&P
   West, Inc.                                                         par value                                Holding

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Northern   California            G        9,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
   California, Inc.                                                   $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Southern   California            G        9,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
   California, Inc.                                                   $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   NovaCare Rehabilitation Agency of   Wisconsin             G        9,000 shares, $1.00 par        10        NovaCare, Inc.
   Wisconsin, Inc.                                                    value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of            Tennessee             G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Tennessee, Inc.                                                    $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare Rehabilitation Hospital    Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,      1,000 Common   Rehab Systems
   of North Texas, Inc.                                               $1.00 par value                          Financial
                                                                      1,000 preferred shares                   Corporation
                                                                      $1.00 par value

   NovaCare Service Corp.              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc. (DE)
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   16
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------
   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
                                                                      $.01 par value

   NovaCare SMC, Inc.                  Maryland              G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      Medical
                                                                      value                                    Rehabilitation
                                                                                                               Corporation of
                                                                                                               Maryland

   O & P Services Corp.                Delaware              G        1,000 Common Shares,           100       NovaCare O&P
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Ortho Rehab Associates, Inc.        Florida               G        1,000 common shares,           100       Mill River III,
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Ortho-Care, Inc.                    California           --        500,000 shares, no par        5,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value

   Orthopedic and Sports Physical      California            G        100,000 common shares,        3,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy of Cupertino, Inc.                                         no par value                             Inc.

   OSI Midwest, Inc.                   Nebraska             --        10,000 common shares,         7,651      NovaCare O&P
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Holdings

   Peters, Starkey & Todrank Physical  California            G        50,000 common shares,          91        Mill River III,
   Therapy Corporation                                                no par value                             Inc.

   Phoenix Limb Shop, Inc.             Arizona              --        1,000,000 common             98,947      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      shares, no par value
                                                                      1,000,000 preferred
                                                                      shares, $1.00 par value

   Physical Focus Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Physical Rehabilitation Partners,   Louisiana             G        5,000 common shares, no      106.12      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Physical Therapy Institute, Inc.    Louisiana             G        500 common shares, no          500       Mill River III,
                                                                      par value                                Inc.

   Physio West Rehabilitation          California            G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Services, Inc.                                                     no par value                             (PA)

   Quad City Management, Inc.          Iowa                  G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      Mill River III, Inc.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   17
                                                                               9

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
                                                                      no par value                    

   R. Press, Inc. Orthotics and        Connecticut          --        5,000 shares, $10.00           100       NovaCare O&P East
   Prosthetics                                                        par value

   R.E. Huck Co.                       California           --        25,000 shares, $1.00          2,154      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   RCI (Colorado), Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (Exertec), Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (Illinois), Inc.                Delaware              G        100 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   RCI (Michigan), Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 Shares, $.01 par        1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (WRS), Inc.                     Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI Nevada, Inc.                    Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rebound Oklahoma, Inc.              Oklahoma              G        500 shares, $1.00 par          500       Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   Rehab Advantage                     California            G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)

   Rehab Concepts, Inc.                Florida               G        100 common shares,             75        NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   Rehab Managed Care of Arizona,      Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,           100       Rehab Systems
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Company

   Rehab Provider Network - Indiana,   Indiana               G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.
</TABLE>
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                                                                              10

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                   <C>      <C>                           <C>        <C>
   Rehab Provider Network - Delaware,  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            Louisiana             G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Louisiana, Inc.                                                    $.10 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network - New        New Jersey            G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Jersey, Inc.                                                       $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            Pennsylvania          G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Pennsylvania, Inc.                                                 $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            California            G        100 common shares, $.10        100       Mill River III,
   California, Inc.                                                   par value                                Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network              Florida               G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   of Florida, Inc.                                                   $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Systems Company               Delaware              B        1,000 shares, $.01 par        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (DE)

   Rehab Systems Financial             Delaware              G        3,000 shares, $1.00 par        625       Rehab Systems
   Corporation                                                        value                                    Company
                                                                                                    1,000      Rehab Systems
                                                                                                               Company

   Rehab World, Inc.                   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RHCA
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Rehab/Work Hardening Management     Pennsylvania          G        500 shares, no par             500       Mill River III,
   Associates, Ltd.                                                   value                                    Inc.

   RehabWorld of West Virginia, Inc.   West Virginia         G        5,000 common shares,          5,000      Rehab World, Inc.
                                                                      $1.00 par value

   Rehab. Therapy, Inc.                Colorado              G        100 common shares, no          100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   RehabClinics (COAST), Inc.          Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics (New Jersey), Inc.     Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics (PTA), Inc.            Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   19
                                                                              11

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   RehabClinics (SPT), Inc.            Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics Abilene, Inc.          Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics Dallas, Inc.           Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics, Inc.                  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   Rehabilitation Corporation of       Virginia              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      RHCA
   Virginia                                                           $.01 par value

   Rehabilitation Hospital             Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Rehab Systems
   Corporation of America                                             $.01 par value                           Company

   Rehabilitation Services, Inc.       California           --        1,000 shares, $1.00 par        500       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value

   Rehabilitation Services             Wisconsin             G        2,800 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
   of Wisconsin, Inc.                                                 par value                                (PA)

   Rehabilitation Systems              Illinois              G        250,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   of Illinois Clinics, Inc.                                          $1 par value                             (PA)

   Rex McKinney, C.P.O., Ltd.          Kansas               --        200,000 Class A               2,000      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      preferred shares, $1         Class A
                                                                      par value                    Common
                                                                      300,000 Class B
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value
                                                                      100,000 Class A common
                                                                      shares, $1 par value
                                                                      100,000 Class B
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value

   Robert M. Bacci, R.P.T. Physical    California            G        100,000 shares                5,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy, Inc.                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   S.T.A.R.T., Inc.                    Massachusetts         G        12,500 common shares,          200       Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Savannah Orthotics, Inc.            Georgia              --        10,000 common shares,          200       NovaCare O&P East
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   20
                                                                              12

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                      <C>             <C>
                                                                      no par value                            

   SG Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.      Pennsylvania          G        100,000 common shares,         100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $10.00 par value                         (PA)

   SG Speech Associates,               Pennsylvania          G        100,000 common shares,         100       NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               $10.00 par value                         (PA)

   South Carolina Center for           South                --        10,000 shares, no par
   Rehabilitation, Inc.                Carolina                       value

   Southwest Medical Supply Company    New Mexico            G        10,000 common shares,        10,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Southwest Physical Therapy, Inc.    New Mexico            G        500,000 shares,              12,500      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Southwest Therapists, Inc.          New Mexico            G        5 common shares, no par         5        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   Sporthopedics Sports and Physical   California            G        10,000 common shares,         8,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy Centers, Inc.                                              no par value                             Inc.
                                                                      
   Sports Therapy and Arthritis        Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Rehabilitation, Inc.                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Star Physical Therapy Inc.          Florida               G        1,000 shares, $1.00 par        60        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   The Center for Physical Therapy     New Mexico            G        500,000 shares, no par        1,000      Mill River III,
   and Rehabilitation, Inc.                                           value                                    Inc.

   Theodore Dashnaw Physical Therapy,  California            G        100 common shares, no          30        Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Thornton Orthopedic, Inc. of        Colorado             --        100 common shares,         100 common    NovaCare O&P
   Boulder                                                            $200 par value               shares,
                                                                      100 common shares, no    $200 par value
                                                                      par value
                                                                      1,000 preferred 
                                                                      shares, no par value              
                                                                      10,000 common shares,             
                                                                      $.10 par value                    
                                                                      10,000 preferred                  
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value            
</TABLE>                                                              
<PAGE>   21
                                                                              13

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   NovaCare Tri-State Regional         Indiana               B        1,000 common shares, no       1,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      par value                                Financial
                                                                      1,000 preferred shares,                  Corporation
                                                                      no par value

   Tucson Regional Rehabilitation      Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Union Square Center for             California            G        1,000 shares, no par           500       Mill River III,
   Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine,                                  value                                    Inc.
   Inc.

   Vanguard Rehabilitation, Inc.       Arizona               G        1,000,000 common             64,500      Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $1.00 par value                  Inc.

   Wayzata Physical Therapy Center,    Minnesota             G        2,500 common shares, no       1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Webb's - K.E. Karlson Co.           Oregon               --        1,000 common shares, no        705       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   West Side Physical Therapy          Kansas                G        100,000 common shares,        1,250      Mid-Kansas Therapy
   Services, Inc.                                                     no par value                             Services, Inc.

   West Suburban Health Partners,      Minnesota             G        25,000 common shares,          990       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   West Virginia Rehabilitation        West Virginia         B        5,000 shares, $1.00 par    800 Class R   Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     value                                    Company

   West Virginia Rehabilitation        Pennsylvania         --        100 Class A common         90 Class A    RHCA
   Services, Inc.                                                     shares, $.01 par value     10 Class B
                                                                      100 Class B common
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value

   Western Rehab Services, Inc.        Arizona               G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)

   Worker Rehabilitation Services,     Illinois             --        10,000 common shares,                    RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Inc.                                                               no par value                             (60%)

   Young's Orthopedic Service, Inc.    California           --        10,000 shares, no par         5,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   II.  PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
        ---------------------

                              Name                               Jurisdiction             Partnership Interest
                              ----                               ------------             --------------------
                                                                                    
   <S>                                                           <C>                <C>
   Northwest Suburban Worker Rehabilitation Services Limited     Illinois           66 2/3% owned by RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Partnership                                                                      
                                                                                    
   West Suburban Worker Rehabilitation                           Illinois           66 2/3% owned by RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Services Limited Partnership                                                     
                                                                                    
   Galaxy North Limited Partnership                              Illinois           60% owned by RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.
                                                                                    
   Galaxy West Limited Partnership                               Illinois           60% owned by RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates I                                       Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates II                                      Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.
                                                                                    
   McFarlen & Associates III                                     Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates IV                                      Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.
                                                                                    
   Orthomedics - Voner (Rancho)                                  California         50% owned by NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics
                                                                                    Holdings, Inc.
                                                                                    
   Orthomedics - Voner (Whittier)                                California         50% owned by NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics
                                                                                    Holdings, Inc.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   22
                                                                              14

   III.  Options to Purchase

   1.      RCI (WRS), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 66 2/3% of Worker
           Rehabilitation Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation ("WRS").
           WRS is a general and limited partner of Northwest Suburban Worker
           Rehabilitation Services Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited
           partnership currently owning a 66 2/3% interest.  RCI (WRS), Inc.
           will acquire the remaining corporate and partnership interests on
           December 30, 1994 and December 30, 1995 in the amount of 16 2/3% and
           16 2/3% each year.

   2.      RCI (WRS), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 66 2/3% of Worker
           Rehabilitation Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation ("WRS").
           WRS is a general and limited partner of West Suburban Worker
           Rehabilitation Services Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited
           partnership currently owning a 66 2/3% interest.  RCI (WRS), Inc.
           will acquire the remaining corporate and partnership interests on
           December 30, 1994 and December 30, 1995 in the amount of 16 2/3% and
           16 2/3% each year.

   3.      RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 60% of Galaxy
           Service Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("GSC").  GSC owns a
           75% participating general partnership interest in Galaxy North
           Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the
           "Partnership").  GSC will acquire the remaining 40% interest in GSC
           on December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in the amount of 20% each
           year and the remaining 10% limited partnership interests in the
           Partnership December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in amount of 5%
           per year.

   4.      RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 60% of Galaxy
           Service Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("GSC").  GSC owns a
           75% participating general partnership interest in Galaxy Worth
           Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the
           "Partnership").  GSC will acquire the remaining 40% interest in GSC
           on December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in the amount of 20% each
           year and the remaining 10% limited partnership interests in the
           Partnership December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in amount of 5%
           per year.

   5.      Orthomedics - Voner (Rancho), a California general partnership.  A
           50% interest is held NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics Holdings, a
           Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare Orthotics &
           Prosthetics, Inc., a Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare,
           Inc. (Delaware). The remaining 50% is owned by Mr. Voner.

   6.      Orthomedics - Voner (Whittier), a California general partnership.  A
           50% interest is held NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics Holdings, a
           Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare Orthotics &
           Prosthetics, Inc., a Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare,
           Inc. (Delaware). The remaining 50% is owned by Mr. Voner.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(b)
                                                                   




                                                                  DRAFT 11/23/94

                                 NOVACARE, INC.
                             1016 WEST NINTH AVENUE
                           KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406



                               November 28, 1994

PNC Bank, National Association,
  as Agent
One PNC Plaza
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265
Attn:  Frank A. Taucher

         RE:     Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Second Amendment")

Dear Frank:

         We refer to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 27, 1994,
as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), by and among NovaCare, Inc. and certain of
its Subsidiaries, the Banks party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association,
as agent for the Banks ("Agent").  Defined terms used herein not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under the Credit
Agreement.

         The Borrowers and Guarantors, the Banks and the Agent hereby desire to
amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter provided;

         The parties hereto in consideration of their mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound hereby,
covenant and agree as follows:

                                   AGREEMENT

         1.      Amendment of Credit Agreement

                          The parties hereto do hereby modify and amend the
                 Credit Agreement as follows:
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                 a.       Cover page is hereby amended by deleting in line 1
                          the number "$115,000,000" and inserting in lieu
                          thereof the number "$175,000,000".

                 b.       Recital paragraph 1, page 1, is hereby amended by
                          deleting in line 3 the number "$115,000,000" and
                          inserting in lieu thereof the number "$175,000,000".

                 c.       The definitions of "Fixed Charges" and "Fixed Charge
                          Coverage Ratio" in Section 1.01 are hereby deleted in
                          their entirety.

                 d.       The definitions in Section 1.01 of the Credit
                          Agreement of the following terms are hereby deleted
                          in their entirety and the following new terms are
                          hereby inserted in lieu thereof:

                          Business Day shall mean a day on which commercial
                          banks are open for business in Pittsburgh,
                          Pennsylvania and New York, New York.

                          Consolidated Cash Flow From Operations for any period
                          of determination shall mean (i) the sum of net
                          income, depreciation, amortization, other non-cash
                          charges to net income, interest expense and income
                          tax expense, minus (ii) non-cash credits to net
                          income, in each case of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries
                          for such period determined and consolidated in
                          accordance with GAAP.

                          Expiration Date shall mean with respect to the
                          Revolving Credit Commitment, November 28, 1997


                 e.       The following definitions are hereby
                          inserted in Section 1.01 in alphabetical order:

                          Consolidated Earnings Available for Fixed Charges
                          shall mean, for any period of determination, the sum
                          of net income, interest expense, income tax expense
                          and expenses under operating leases, in each case of
                          NovaCare and its Subsidiaries for such period
                          determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

                          Consolidated Fixed Charges shall mean, for any period
                          of determination, the sum of interest expense plus
                          expenses under operating leases, in each case of
                          NovaCare and its Subsidiaries






<PAGE>   3
                          for such period determined and consolidated in 
                          accordance with GAAP.

                          Effective Date shall mean, November 28, 1994.


                 f.       The definition of "Euro-Rate" is hereby amended by
                          deleting the words "at approximately 11:00 a.m.
                          London time" in the tenth and eleventh lines.

                 g.       The definition of "Permitted Purchase" is hereby
                          amended by deleting the "." at the end of such
                          definition and inserting in lieu thereof "; and" and
                          the following:

                                  (E) the Purchase Price for such acquisition,
                          when aggregated with the Purchase Price of all other
                          Permitted Purchases which occurred during the period
                          beginning on the Effective Date through and including
                          the date of determination, shall be limited to an
                          aggregate of $160,000,000.

                 h.       The definition of "Permitted Pooling" is hereby
                          amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of
                          clause (J) of such definition, by deleting the "." at
                          the end of clause (K) of such definition and
                          inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and the following:

                                  (L) the Pooling Consideration for such
                          acquisition, when aggregated with the Pooling
                          Consideration of all other Permitted Poolings which
                          occurred during the period beginning on the Effective
                          Date through and including the date of determination,
                          shall be limited to an aggregate of $500,000,000.

                 i.       The chart at the end of Section 4.01(a)(ii) shall be
                          deleted and the following shall be inserted in lieu
                          thereof:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Ratio of Consolidated
         Funded Debt to Consolidated
         Cash Flow from Operations                           Applicable Interest Rate   
         -----------------------------                       ---------------------------
         <S>                                                <C>
         Greater than or equal to                           Euro-Rate plus 1-1/8%
         2.50 to 1.0 but less than

</TABLE>





<PAGE>   4
<TABLE>
         <S>                                                <C>
         3.00 to 1.0

         Greater than or equal to                           Euro-Rate plus 1-1/16%
         2.00 to 1.0 but less than
         2.50 to 1.0

         Greater than or equal to                           Euro-Rate plus 7/8%
         1.50 to 1.0 but less than
         2.00 to 1.0

         Greater than or equal to                           Euro-Rate plus 11/16%
         1.00 to 1.0 but less than
         1.50 to 1.0

         Less than 1.00 to 1.0                              Euro-Rate plus 1/2%
</TABLE>

                 j.       Section 8.01(m)(iii) (Certificate of the Borrower) is
                          hereby amended by deleting the words "Concurrently
                          with" in the second line and inserting in lieu
                          thereof "No later than ten (10) business days
                          following the due date of".

                 k.       Section 8.02(j) (Dividends and Related Distributions)
                          is hereby amended by inserting in the tenth line,
                          immediately following the words "dividends paid by
                          NovaCare", "or payments by NovaCare for stock
                          repurchases or redemptions."

                 l.       The chart at the end of Section 8.02(n) (Funded Debt
                          to Cash Flow From Operations) shall be deleted and
                          the following shall be inserted in lieu thereof:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Ratio of Consolidated
                                                            Funded Debt to Consolidated
         Period                                             Cash Flow From Operations   
         ------                                             ----------------------------
         <S>                                                <C>
         7/1/94 through 6/30/95                             3.00 to 1.00
         7/1/95 through 6/30/96                             2.75 to 1.00
         7/1/96 and thereafter                              2.50 to 1.00
</TABLE>


                 m.       Section 8.02(o) (Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio)
                          shall be deleted in its entirety and the following
                          shall be inserted in lieu thereof:






<PAGE>   5
                                  (o)  Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
                          The Loan Parties shall not permit the ratio of
                          Consolidated Earnings Available For Fixed Charges to
                          Consolidated Fixed Charges, calculated as of the end
                          of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters
                          then ended, to be less than the ratio set forth below
                          during the period specified below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Ratio of Consolidated
                                                            Earnings Available For
                                                            Fixed Charges to
         Period                                             Consolidated Fixed Charges
         ------                                             --------------------------
         <S>                                                <C>
         7/1/94 through 6/30/96                             2.5 to 1.0
         7/1/96 and thereafter                              3.0 to 1.0
</TABLE>

         2.      Amendment of Schedules/Exhibits

                          The schedules/exhibits to the Credit Agreement are 
                 hereby amended and restated as follows:

                 a.           Schedule 1.01(B) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                          deleted in its entirety and Schedule 1.01(B) attached
                          hereto as Exhibit A is hereby inserted in lieu
                          thereof.

                 b.           Schedule 1.01(E) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                          deleted in its entirety and Schedule 1.01(E) attached
                          hereto as Exhibit B is hereby inserted in lieu
                          thereof.

                 c.       Schedule 1.01(P)(1) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                          deleted in its entirety and Schedule 1.01(P)(1)
                          attached hereto as Exhibit C is hereby inserted in
                          lieu thereof.

                 d.       Schedule 6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                          deleted in its entirety and Schedule 6.01(c) attached
                          hereto as Exhibit D is hereby inserted in lieu
                          thereof.

                 e.       Exhibit 1.01(P)(1)(E) of the Credit Agreement is
                          hereby deleted in its entirety and Exhibit
                          1.01(P)(1)(E) attached hereto as Exhibit E is hereby
                          inserted in lieu thereof.






<PAGE>   6
                 f.       Exhibit 1.01(P)(1)(F) of the Credit Agreement is
                          hereby deleted in its entirety and Exhibit
                          1.01(P)(1)(F) attached hereto as Exhibit F is hereby
                          inserted in lieu thereof.

                 g.       Exhibit 1.01(P)(1)(G) of the Credit Agreement is
                          hereby deleted in its entirety and Exhibit
                          1.01(P)(1)(G) attached hereto as Exhibit G is hereby
                          inserted in lieu thereof.

                 h.       Exhibit 1.01(P)(2) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                          deleted in its entirety and Exhibit 1.01(P)(2)
                          attached hereto as Exhibit H is hereby inserted in
                          lieu thereof.

                 i.       Exhibit 8.01(m)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is
                          hereby deleted in its entirety and Exhibit
                          8.01(m)(iii) attached hereto as Exhibit I is hereby
                          inserted in lieu thereof.

         3.      Joinder of New Bank

                 a.               Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, N.A. ("New
                          Bank"), intending to be legally bound hereby, is a
                          party to this Second Amendment and hereby agrees as
                          follows:

                          New Bank (i) confirms that it has received a copy of
                          the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
                          financial statements and financial information
                          referred to in Sections 6.01(i), 8.01(m)(i) and
                          8.01(m)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, and such other
                          documents and information as it has deemed
                          appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
                          decision to enter into the Credit Agreement; (ii)
                          agrees that it is and will, independently and without
                          reliance upon the Agent, or any other Bank, and based
                          on such documents and information as it shall deem
                          appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
                          credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
                          the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes
                          the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to
                          exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are
                          delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof; (iv)
                          agrees that it will become a party to and be bound by
                          the Credit Agreement on the Amendment Effective Date
                          (as defined in Section 6 hereof), including without
                          limitation the provisions of Sections 11.11 and
                          11.12, as if it were an original Bank thereunder and
                          will have the rights and obligations of a Bank
                          thereunder and will perform in accordance






<PAGE>   7
                          with their terms all of the obligations which by the
                          terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
                          Documents are required to be performed by it as a
                          Bank; and (v) specifies as its address for notices
                          the office set forth beneath its name on the
                          signature page hereof.

                 b.               As of the Amendment Effective Date, as
                          hereafter defined, New Bank shall be a party to the
                          Credit Agreement and have the rights and obligations
                          of a Bank thereunder and under the other Loan
                          Documents.

         4.               Waivers

                 a.       Mill River I, Inc., Mill River II, Inc. and Mill
                          River IV, Inc. (collectively, the "Mill River
                          Subsidiaries") are Guarantors under the Credit
                          Agreement.  On or about May 31, 1994 the assets of
                          these corporations were transferred to other
                          Qualifying Subsidiaries of NovaCare, Inc. which are
                          Borrowers or Guarantors under the Credit Agreement.
                          No assets remained in the Mill River Subsidiaries,
                          and the Mill River Subsidiaries were therefore
                          dissolved.  The Banks hereby consent to such
                          dissolution and hereby waive any violation of Section
                          8.02(d) of the Credit Agreement resulting from the
                          dissolution of the Mill River Subsidiaries.

                 b.       The Compliance Certificate required to be delivered
                          by NovaCare to the Banks pursuant to Section
                          8.01(m)(iii) for the quarter ended September 30, 1994
                          was due on November 15, 1994 and has not yet been
                          delivered by NovaCare to the Banks.  In order to
                          provide NovaCare additional time to prepare such
                          Compliance Certificate for the quarter ended
                          September 30, 1994 and to include in such Compliance
                          Certificate calculations of the financial covenants
                          as provided therein after giving effect to this
                          Second Amendment, the Banks hereby extend the date of
                          delivery by NovaCare to the Banks of the Compliance
                          Certificate for the fiscal quarter ended September
                          30, 1994 until December 5, 1994.

         5.               Representations, Covenants, Events of Default

                          The Borrowers and Guarantors hereby represent to the
                 Agent and the Banks that:  the representations and warranties
                 contained in






<PAGE>   8
                 Article VI of the Credit Agreement or elsewhere in the Credit
                 Agreement or anywhere in the Loan Documents remain true and
                 accurate on and as of the date hereof (except for
                 representations and warranties which relate solely to an
                 earlier date or time, which representations and warranties
                 were true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times
                 referred to therein); the Borrowers and Guarantors have
                 performed and are in compliance with all covenants contained
                 in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement after giving effect to
                 this Second Amendment or elsewhere in the Credit Agreement or
                 anywhere in the Loan Documents; and no Event of Default or
                 Potential Default has occurred and is continuing.






<PAGE>   9
         6.      Conditions of Effectiveness; Amendment Effective Date

                          The effectiveness of this Second Amendment is
                 expressly conditioned upon the occurrence and completion of
                 all of the following on or before November 28, 1994:  (i) the
                 Agent's receipt of counterparts of this Second Amendment duly
                 executed by the Borrowers and Guarantors and the Banks; (ii)
                 the Agent's receipt of Revolving Credit Notes duly executed by
                 the Borrowers in the form of Exhibit J attached hereto; (iii)
                 the Agent's receipt of a Confirmation of Guaranty duly
                 executed by the Guarantors in the form of Exhibit K attached
                 hereto; (iv) the Agent's receipt of a written opinion of
                 Haythe & Curley, counsel for the Borrowers and Guarantors,
                 addressed to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks, opining
                 to such matters with respect to the transactions contemplated
                 herein as the Agent may reasonably request, in form and
                 substance satisfactory to the Agent and Buchanan Ingersoll
                 Professional Corporation, as counsel for the Agent; (v) the
                 Agent's receipt of a written opinion of counsel for NovaCare
                 Management Business Trust addressed to the Agent for the
                 benefit of the Banks, opining to such matters with respect to
                 the transactions contemplated herein as the Agent may
                 reasonably request, in form and substance satisfactory to the
                 Agent and Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, as
                 counsel for the Agent;  (vi) the Agent's receipt of a
                 certificate signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
                 the Borrowers and Guarantors, certifying as to all action
                 taken by the Borrowers and Guarantors to authorize the
                 execution, delivery and performance of this Second Amendment;
                 (vii) receipt by each Bank of the nonrefundable arrangement
                 fee and the nonrefundable closing fee equal to the amount set
                 forth next to such Bank's name on Schedule 1.01(B); (viii)
                 with respect to each new Borrower or Guarantor (a "Joining
                 Subsidiary"), if any, documentation as required under Section
                 11.18 of the Credit Agreement, including without limitation
                 the completion of the following:  (1) executing and delivering
                 to the Agent (A) in the case of a Joining Subsidiary which
                 becomes a  Borrower, a Revolving Credit Note in the form of
                 Exhibit 1.01(R) payable to each Bank, (B) a joinder to the
                 Credit Agreement in form satisfactory to the Agent, (C) a
                 counterpart signature page to the Guaranty Agreement executed
                 by certain Loan Parties which is in the form of Exhibit 1.01
                 (G)(1), in the case of a Joining Subsidiary which becomes a
                 Borrower and Exhibit 1.01(G)(2), in the case of a Joining
                 Subsidiary which becomes a Guarantor, (D) if it owns stock or
                 other ownership interests in any Qualifying Subsidiary, a
                 joinder to the Pledge Agreement executed by certain Loan
                 Parties which is in the form of Exhibit 1.01(P)(4), 1.01(P)(5)
                 or 1.01(P)(6), as applicable, and delivering, as applicable,






<PAGE>   10
                 the original certificates evidencing such stock or other
                 ownership interest if it is certificated with appropriate
                 stock powers or other assignments signed in blank and UCC-1
                 financing statements necessary to perfect the security
                 interests of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks therein,
                 (E) a joinder to the Subordination Agreement (Intercompany)
                 executed by certain Loan Parties which is in the form of
                 Exhibit 1.01(S) and (F) a joinder to the Agency Agreement
                 executed by certain Loan Parties appointing NovaCare as agent;
                 (2) delivering to the Agent an opinion of counsel reasonably
                 satisfactory to the Agent regarding such Joining Subsidiary
                 and such joinder; and (3) delivering to the Agent certified
                 copies of its organizational documents and other documents as
                 requested by the Agent; (4) the Loan Party which owns the
                 stock or other ownership interest of the Joining Subsidiary
                 shall execute and deliver to the Agent for the benefit of the
                 Banks a Pledge Agreement in the form of Exhibit 1.01(P)(4),
                 1.01(P)(5) or 1.01(P)(6), as applicable, and the original
                 certificates evidencing such stock or other ownership interest
                 if it is certificated with appropriate stock powers or other
                 assignments signed in blank and UCC-1 financing statements
                 necessary to perfect the security interests of the Agent for
                 the benefit of the Banks therein; (ix) the Agent's receipt of
                 all documents and information which constitute conditions
                 precedent to the effectiveness of the First Amendment to the
                 Credit Agreement; (x) the Agent's receipt of a completed
                 certificate duly executed by NovaCare, Inc., in form and
                 substance satisfactory to the Agent, certifying compliance of
                 the Loan Parties with the Funded Debt to Cash Flow From
                 Operations ratio as set forth in Section 8.02(n) of the Credit
                 Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment.

                          This Second Amendment shall be dated as of and shall
                 be effective as of the date and year first above written
                 subject to satisfaction of all conditions precedent to
                 effectiveness as set forth in this Section 6 (the "Amendment
                 Effective Date"); provided, however, that upon the
                 effectiveness of this Second Amendment, the financial
                 covenants as set forth in Section 8.02(n) (Funded Debt to Cash
                 Flow From Operations) and Section 8.02(o) (Minimum Fixed
                 Charge Coverage Ratio) will be deemed to be amended and
                 restated as provided in this Second Amendment effective as of
                 the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1994, calculated for
                 the four fiscal quarters then ended.






<PAGE>   11
         7.      Full Force and Effect

                          No novation is intended by this Second Amendment and
                 except as expressly modified and amended by this Second
                 Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
                 are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full
                 force and effect without modification.

         8.      Costs, Expenses, Disbursements

                          The Borrowers hereby agree to reimburse the Agent and
                 the Banks on demand for all costs, expenses and disbursements
                 relating to this Second Amendment which are payable by the
                 Borrowers as provided in Section 10.05 of the Credit
                 Agreement.

         9.       Counterparts

                          This Second Amendment may be executed by different
                 parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of
                 which, when so executed and delivered shall be an original and
                 all of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
                 same instrument.

         10.     Governing Law

                          This Second Amendment shall be deemed to be a
                 contract under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
                 and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and
                 enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the
                 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of
                 laws principles.






<PAGE>   12
                                               Yours very truly,
                                          
                                           NOVACARE, INC. and each of the
                                           Borrowers and Guarantors
                                           under the Credit Agreement
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
<TABLE>                                   
<S>                                        <C>
By:                                       
   --------------------------             
                                           Timothy E. Foster, Vice President
                                           of each of the entities listed on
                                           Schedule 6.01(c) other than those 
                                           listed below
                                          
                                          
                                          
                                          
By:                                       
   --------------------------             
                                           Joseph C. O'Neill, President
                                           of each of the entities listed above 
                                           his name on the signature lines to 
                                           the Credit Agreement
                                          
                                          
                                          
By:                                       
   --------------------------             
                                           Andrew J. Beck, Vice President 
                                           of Mill River III, Inc., a Delaware
                                           corporation

</TABLE>



<PAGE>   13
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO AS
OF THE ___ DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1994.


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Bank and as Agent


By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------


CORESTATES BANK, N.A.

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------


FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
OF NORTH CAROLINA

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------


MELLON BANK, N.A.

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------


NATIONSBANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------


NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK USA

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------






<PAGE>   14
FLEET BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS, N.A.

By:
   -----------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------

Address for Notices:

Health Care and Non Profit Group
Fleet Center MA BOF 04A
75 State Street
Boston, MA  02109-1810

Telecopier No. (617) 346-1634
Attention:  Ms. Lynn Wiatrowski
Telephone No.  (617) 346-1629






<PAGE>   15
                                  EXHIBIT A

                               SCHEDULE 1.01(B)
                                      
              COMMITMENTS OF BANKS; ARRANGEMENT AND CLOSING FEES


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Revolving            Second
                                   Participation        Credit               Amendment
Bank                               Percentage           Commitment           Closing Fee
- - - ----                               ----------           ----------           -----------
<S>                                 <C>                 <C>                  <C>
PNC Bank, National                   22.857143          $ 40,000,000         $15,000
  Association                                                         
                                                                      
First Union National                 15.714286          $ 27,500,000         $11,250
  Bank of North Carolina                                              
                                                                      
Mellon Bank, N.A.                    15.714286          $ 27,500,000         $11,250
                                                                      
NationsBank of                       11.428571          $ 20,000,000         $ 7,500
  North Carolina, N.A.                                                
                                                                      
CoreStates Bank, N.A.                11.428571          $ 20,000,000         $ 7,500
                                                                      
National Westminster                 14.285714          $ 25,000,000         $15,000
  Bank USA                                                            
                                                                      
Fleet Bank of                         8.571429          $ 15,000,000         $22,500
  Massachusetts, N.A.                                                 
                                                                      
          TOTAL                     100.000000%         $175,000,000         $90,000
                                   ============         ============         =======
</TABLE>                                                              






<PAGE>   16
                                   EXHIBIT B


                                SCHEDULE 1.01(E)


                               EXCLUDED ENTITIES



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        NAME                                        JURISDICTION
      ==============================================================================================
<S>                                                                                <C>
1.    Excluded Qualifying Subsidiaries
      --------------------------------

      American Health Enterprises, Ltd.                                             Pennsylvania

      Applied Orthotic/Prosthetic Technologies, Inc.                               New Hampshire

      Arizona Therapy, Limb & Brace, Inc.                                             Arizona

      Barnhart Prosthetic and Orthotic Center, Inc.                                    Oregon

      Burge-Lloyd Surgical Co.                                                         Nevada

      Coastal Orthopedics Services, Inc.                                           Massachusetts

      Commonwealth Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc.                                      Kentucky

      CRH, Inc.                                                                       Maryland

      Custom Prosthetics of Arizona, Inc.                                             Arizona

      Fillauer Orthotic & Prosthetic Services, Inc.                                  Tennessee

      Florida Footcare Centers, Inc.                                                  Florida

      Florida Footcare Orthotic & Prosthetic Centers of 
      Palm Beach, Inc.                                                                Florida

      Florida Orthotic & Prosthetic Centers of Broward, 
      Inc.                                                                            Florida

      Gaines Brace & Limb, Inc.                                                       Colorado

      Isle Acquisition Corp.                                                          Delaware

      Jim All, Inc.                                                                    Texas

      Karg Prosthetics Co., Inc.                                                     California

      Knoxville Orthopedic Appliance Co., Inc.                                       Tennessee

      Lux Artificial Limb & Brace Company                                              Texas

      Marilyn Hawker, Inc.                                                            Arizona

      McFarlen & Associates I                                                          Texas

      McFarlen & Associates II                                                         Texas

      McFarlen & Associates III                                                        Texas

      McFarlen & Associates IV                                                         Texas

      McFarlen & Associates, Inc.                                                      Texas

      Mobility Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc.                                          Virginia

      Newport Orthopedic and Prosthetic Center, Inc.                                 California

      Ortho-Care, Inc.                                                               California

      OSI Midwest, Inc.                                                               Nebraska

      Phoenix Limb Shop, Inc.                                                         Arizona
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   17
                                                                               2


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        NAME                                        JURISDICTION
      ==============================================================================================
<S>                                                                                <C>
      R. Press, Inc. Orthotics and Prosthetics                                      Connecticut

      R.E. Huck Co.                                                                  California

      Rehabilitation Services, Inc.                                                  California

      Rex McKinney, C.P.O., Ltd.                                                       Kansas

      Savannah Orthotics, Inc.                                                        Georgia

      South Carolina Center for Rehabilitation, Inc.                               South Carolina

      Thornton Orthopedic, Inc. of Boulder                                            Colorado

      Webb's-K.E. Karlson Co.                                                          Oregon

      West Virginia Rehabilitation Services, Inc.                                   Pennsylvania

      Young's Orthopedic Service, Inc.                                               California

2.    Other Excluded Entities
      -----------------------

      ASK Colorado Health Care Services, P.C.                                         Colorado

      C.O.A.S.T. Institute Physical Therapy, Inc.                                    California

      Galaxy North Limited Partnership                                                Illinois

      Galaxy Service Corporation                                                      Illinois

      Galaxy West Limited Partnership                                                 Illinois

      Medstat, P.C.                                                                   Illinois

      NC Occupational Therapy, P.C.                                                   New York

      NC Physical Therapy, P.C.                                                       New York

      Northwest Suburban Worker Rehabilitation Services 
      Limited Partnership                                                             Illinois

      NovaCare Speech Therapy & Audiology, Inc.                                      California

      Orthomedics - Voner (Rancho)                                                   California

      Orthomedics - Voner (Whittier)                                                 California

      Quad City Regional Spine Institute, P.C.                                          Iowa

      Sprint Physical Therapy, P.C.                                                   Colorado

      Start to Finish Physical Therapy, P.C.                                       Massachusetts

      West Suburban Worker Rehabilitation Services 
      Limited Partnership                                                             Illinois

      Worker Rehabilitation Services, Inc.                                            Illinois

      Therex, P.C.                                                                    Colorado
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   18
                                   EXHIBIT C


                              SCHEDULE 1.01(P)(1)


                             PERMITTED INVESTMENTS


250,000 Units              Phoenix, AZ Housing             Mutual Benefit Life
6.3% Maturity              10/01/08                        $162,500 Market Value




                INVESTMENTS IN LOW INCOME HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    TOTAL
                                                               CURRENT            COMMITTED
                                                              INVESTMENT         INVESTMENT
                                                             -------------     --------------
   <S>                                                        <C>                 <C>
   Boston Financial Institutional Tax Credit Fund IV          3,650,000           3,650,000
   Boston Financial Institutional Tax Credit Fund V           1,560,000           1.560,000
   USA Metropolitan Tax Credit Fund                           2,325,000           2.325,000
   Columbia Housing Partners Corporate Tax Credit III         1,327,939           3.983,817
</TABLE>




<PAGE>   19
                                   EXHIBIT D


                                SCHEDULE 6.01(c)

                                  SUBSIDIARIES




   I.  Subsidiary Corporations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   Affiliated Physical                 Arizona               G        120,091 common shares,       35,600      Mill River III,
   Therapists, Ltd.                                                   $1 par value 83,067                      Inc.
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value

   American Health                     Pennsylvania         --        10,000 common shares,          200       RHCA
   Enterprises, Ltd.                                                  $10.00 par value

   Applied  Orthotic/Prosthetic        New Hampshire        --        300 shares,                    150       NovaCare O&P East
   Technologies, Inc.                                                 no par value

   Arizona Rehabilitation              Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Arizona Therapy, Limb and           Arizona              --        100,000 common shares,       19,231      NovaCare O&P West
   Brace, Inc.                                                        $10.00 par value

   Atlantic Rehabilitation             New Jersey            G        1,000 shares, no par           20        Mill River III,
   Services, Inc.                                                     value                                    Inc.

   NovaCare Bakersfield Regional       Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Barnhart Prosthetic and Orthotic    Oregon               --        500 shares, no par             100       NovaCare O&P West
   Center, Inc.                                                       value

   Boca Rehab Agency, Inc.             Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Buendel Physical Therapy, Inc.      Florida               G        750 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      $10.00 par value                         Inc.

   Burge-Lloyd Surgical Co.            Nevada               --        2,500 common shares, no        375       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   20
                                                                               2

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   Cannon & Associates, Inc.           Delaware              G        10,000 common shares,         3,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)
                                                                      1,286 cumulative
                                                                      redeemable preferred
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value

   Cenla Physical Therapy              Louisiana             G        10,000 shares,                2,000      Mill River III,
   & Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.                                      no par value                             Inc.
   Center for Physical Therapy and     New Mexico            G        500,000 common shares,        1,000      Mill River III,
   Sports Rehabilitation, Inc.                                        no par value                             Inc.

   CenterTherapy, Inc.                 Minnesota             G        50,000 Class A voting      475 Class A   Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value,      voting      Inc.
                                                                      50,000 Class B non-
                                                                      voting shares, $.01 par
                                                                      value

   Douglas C. Claussen, R.P.T.,        California            G        50,000 shares, no par        10,187      Mill River III,
   Physical Therapy, Inc.                                             value                                    Inc.

   Coastal Orthopedics Services, Inc.  Massachusetts        --        15,000 common shares,         3,600      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      no par value

   Commonwealth Prosthetics            Kentucky             --        3,000 shares, no par          1,332      NovaCare O&P East
   & Orthotics, Inc.                                                  value

   Coplin Physical Therapy             Minnesota             G        2,500 common shares, no        100       Mill River III,
   Associates, Inc.                                                   par value                                Inc.

   CR Services Corp.                   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   CRH, Inc.                           Maryland             --        10,000 shares, $.01 par      10,000      RHCA
                                                                      value

   Crowley Physical Therapy Clinic,    Louisiana             G        10,000 common shares,          500       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               no par value                             Inc.

   Custom Prosthetics of Arizona,      Arizona              --        100,000 common shares,       10,000      NovaCare O&P West
   Inc.                                                               no par value
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   21

                                                                               3

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   Douglas Avery and                   Virginia              G        500 Series A Voting            100       Mill River III,
   Associates, Ltd.                                                   Common Shares, $10.00                    Inc.
                                                                      par value
                                                                      300 Series B Non-Voting
                                                                      Common Shares, $.01 par
                                                                      value

   NovaCare Easton & Moran Physical    California            G        1,000 Common Shares, no       1,000      Rehab Systems
   Therapy, Inc.                                                      par value                                Company

   FD Capital Corporation              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   Fillauer Orthotic & Prosthetic      Tennessee            --        1,000 common shares,           10        NovaCare O&P East
   Services, Inc.                                                     $1.00 par value

   Florida Footcare Centers, Inc.      Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          100       NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      value

   Florida Footcare Orthotic &         Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          100       NovaCare O&P East
   Prosthetic Centers of Palm Beach,                                  value
   Inc.

   Florida Orthotic & Prosthetic       Florida              --        500 shares, $1.00 par          300       NovaCare O&P East
   Centers of Broward, Inc.                                           value

   Francis Naselli, Jr. & Stewart      Pennsylvania          G        1,000 common shares, no       1,000      Mill River III,
   Rich Physical Therapists, Inc.                                     par value                                Inc.

   Gaines Brace & Limb, Inc.           Colorado             --        1,000 common shares, no        400       NovaCare O&P
                                                                      par value

   Galaxy Service Corporation          Illinois             --        1,200 Class A common                     RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      shares, no par value                     Inc. (60%)

   Georgia Physical Therapy, Inc.      Georgia               G        100,000 shares,               1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.50 par value                           Inc.

   Georgia Physical Therapy of West    Georgia               G        5,000,000 common            1,000,200    Mill River III,
   Georgia, Inc.                                                      shares, $.01 par value                   Inc.

   Greater Sacremento Physical         California            G        100,000 common shares        38,250      Mill River III, Inc.
   Therapy                                                            No par value                 11,250      Peters, Starkey & 
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   22
                                                                               4

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                         <C>          <C>
   Associates, Inc.                                                                                            Todrank Physical 
                                                                                                               Therapy Corporation

   Gulf Breeze Physical Therapy, Inc.  Florida               G        7,500 common shares, $1        200       Mill River III,
                                                                      par value                                Inc.

   Gulf Coast Hand Specialists, Inc.   Florida               G        7,500 common shares,           100       Mill River III,
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Hand Therapy and Rehabilitation     California            G        10,000 common shares,         6,000      Mill River III,
   Associates, Inc.                                                   no par value                             Inc.

   Hand Therapy Associates, Inc.       Arizona               G        1,000,000 common               250       Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $10 par value                    Inc.

   Hawley Physical Therapy, Inc.       California            G        100,000 common shares,       20,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Heartland Rehabilitation, Inc.      Indiana               G        1,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Indianapolis Physical Therapy and   Indiana               G        400,000 common shares,       267,808     Mill River III,
   Sports Medicine, Inc.                                              no par value                             Inc.

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Texas                 G        1,000 shares, $1.00 par       1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (TX)                                                               value                                    (PA)

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Oregon                G        5,000 common shares           1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (OR)                                                               $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   Irwin Lehrhoff & Associates, Inc.   Illinois              G        10,000 common shares,         1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   (IL)                                                               no par value                             (PA)

   Isle Acquisition Corp.              Delaware             --        1,000 Common Shares,          1,000      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Jana B. Mason, L.P.T., Inc.         Kentucky              G        2,000 common shares, no       1,100      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Jana B. Mason Therapy Associates,   Kentucky              G        1,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               par value                                (PA)

   Jim All, Inc.                       Texas                --        1,000,000 shares, $1.00       1,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                 <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   Karg Prosthetics Co., Inc.          California           --        75,000 shares, $1.00          3,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   Kesinger Physical Therapy, Inc.     California            G        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Knoxville Orthopedic Appliance      Tennessee            --        2,000 common shares, no        100       NovaCare O&P East
   Co., Inc.                                                          par value

   Life Dimensions, Inc.               Nevada                G        2,500 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   Life Dimensions of California,      California            G        1,000 shares, no par           50        NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               value                                    (PA)

   Lux Artificial Limb & Brace         Texas                --        2,000 common shares,          2,000      NovaCare O&P West
   Company                                                            $10 par value

   Lynn M. Carlson, Inc.               Arizona               G        1,000,000 common              6,400      Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $1 par value                     Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates, Inc.         Texas                --        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      $.10 par value

   Medical Rehabilitation Corporation  Maryland              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      RHCA
   of Maryland                                                        $.01 par value

   NovaCare Meridian Point             Arizona               B        100,000 common shares,       10,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      no par value                             Financial
                                                                                                               Corporation

   NovaCare Outpatient                 Kansas                G        500,000 common shares,       10,851      Mill River III,
   Rehabilitation, Inc.                                               $1 par value                             Inc.

   Mill River III, Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mill River Management, Inc.         Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RehabClinics, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Mitchell Tannenbaum I, Inc.         Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Mitchell Tannenbaum II, Inc.        Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.
</TABLE>
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                                                                               6

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                           <C>        <C>
   Mitchell Tannenbaum III, Inc.       Illinois              G        1,000 common shares,           100       RCI (S.P.O.R.T.),
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Mobility Orthotics & Prosthetics,   Virginia             --        5,000 shares, $1.00 par       5,000      NovaCare O&P East
   Inc.                                                               value

   Monmouth Rehabilitation, Inc.       New Jersey            G        100 shares, no par             80        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   NACC, Inc.                          Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,           25        Rehab Systems
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Company
                                                                                                     25        NovaCare O&P
                                                                                                     125       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                                                               (PA)

   National Rehab Services             California            G        1,000,000 common              5,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      shares, no par value                     (PA)

   New Mexico Physical Therapists,     New Mexico            G        50,000 common shares,          559       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Newport Orthopedic and  Prosthetic  California           --        200,000 common shares,        2,250      NovaCare O&P West
   Center, Inc.                                                       $1.00 par value

   Northside Physical Therapy, Inc.    Ohio                  G        500 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      without par value                        Inc.

   NovaCare Northside Therapy, Inc.    Minnesota             G        2,500 shares, $10.00           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   NovaCare (Arizona), Inc.            Arizona               G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare (Colorado), Inc.           Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare (Illinois), Inc.           Illinois              G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare (Texas), Inc.              Texas                 G        100 common shares, $.01        100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)
</TABLE>
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                                                                               7

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                   <C>      <C>                       <C>            <C>
   NovaCare, Inc.                      Pennsylvania          G        5,000 common shares, no       1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (DE)

   NovaCare Management Services, Inc.  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   NovaCare Management Business Trust  Pennsylvania          G        N/A                            N/A       N/A

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics,   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           (DE)

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare O&P
   East, Inc.                                                         $.01 par value                           Holdings

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    Delaware              G        1,000 shares, $.01 par        1,000      NovaCare O&P
   Holdings, Inc.                                                     value

   NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics    California            G        5,000,000 shares, $.10       689,681     NovaCare O&P
   West, Inc.                                                         par value                                Holding

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Northern   California            G        9,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
   California, Inc.                                                   $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Oklahoma,  Oklahoma              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Southern   California            G        9,000 common shares,           100       NovaCare, Inc.
   California, Inc.                                                   $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of Virginia,  Virginia              G        1,000 common shaer,           1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc                                                                $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare Rehabilitation Agency of   Wisconsin             G        9,000 shares, $1.00 par        10        NovaCare, Inc.
   Wisconsin, Inc.                                                    value                                    (PA)

   NovaCare Rehab Agency of            Tennessee             G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Tennessee, Inc.                                                    $.01 par value                           (PA)

   NovaCare Rehabilitation Hospital    Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,      1,000 Common   Rehab Systems
   of North Texas, Inc.                                               $1.00 par value                          Financial
                                                                      1,000 preferred shares                   Corporation
                                                                      $1.00 par value

   NovaCare Service Corp.              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc. (DE)
</TABLE>

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                                                                               8

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------
   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
                                                                      $.01 par value

   NovaCare SMC, Inc.                  Maryland              G        1,000 shares, no par          1,000      Medical
                                                                      value                                    Rehabilitation
                                                                                                               Corporation of
                                                                                                               Maryland

   O & P Services Corp.                Delaware              G        1,000 Common Shares,           100       NovaCare O&P
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Ortho Rehab Associates, Inc.        Florida               G        1,000 common shares,           100       Mill River III,
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Ortho-Care, Inc.                    California           --        500,000 shares, no par        5,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value

   Orthopedic and Sports Physical      California            G        100,000 common shares,        3,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy of Cupertino, Inc.                                         no par value                             Inc.

   OSI Midwest, Inc.                   Nebraska             --        10,000 common shares,         7,651      NovaCare O&P
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Holdings

   Peters, Starkey & Todrank Physical  California            G        50,000 common shares,          91        Mill River III,
   Therapy Corporation                                                no par value                             Inc.

   Phoenix Limb Shop, Inc.             Arizona              --        1,000,000 common             98,947      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      shares, no par value
                                                                      1,000,000 preferred
                                                                      shares, $1.00 par value

   Physical Focus Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Physical Rehabilitation Partners,   Louisiana             G        5,000 common shares, no      106.12      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Physical Therapy Institute, Inc.    Louisiana             G        500 common shares, no          500       Mill River III,
                                                                      par value                                Inc.

   Physio West Rehabilitation          California            G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   Services, Inc.                                                     no par value                             (PA)

   Quad City Management, Inc.          Iowa                  G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      Mill River III, Inc.
</TABLE>
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                                                                               9

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
                                                                      no par value                    

   R. Press, Inc. Orthotics and        Connecticut          --        5,000 shares, $10.00           100       NovaCare O&P East
   Prosthetics                                                        par value

   R.E. Huck Co.                       California           --        25,000 shares, $1.00          2,154      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   RCI (Colorado), Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (Exertec), Inc.                 Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (Illinois), Inc.                Delaware              G        100 common shares,             100       Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   RCI (Michigan), Inc.                Delaware              G        1,000 Shares, $.01 par        1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.              Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI (WRS), Inc.                     Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RCI Nevada, Inc.                    Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rebound Oklahoma, Inc.              Oklahoma              G        500 shares, $1.00 par          500       Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   Redwood Pacific Therapies, Inc.     California            G        100,000 common shares,       15,120      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Rehab Advantage                     California            G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)

   Rehab Concepts, Inc.                Florida               G        100 common shares,             75        NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          (PA)

   Rehab Managed Care of Arizona,      Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,           100       Rehab Systems
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Company

   Rehab Provider Network - Indiana,   Indiana               G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   28

                                                                              10

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                   <C>      <C>                           <C>        <C>
   Rehab Provider Network - Delaware,  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            Louisiana             G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Louisiana, Inc.                                                    $.10 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network - New        New Jersey            G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Jersey, Inc.                                                       $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            Pennsylvania          G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Pennsylvania, Inc.                                                 $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network -            California            G        100 common shares, $.10        100       Mill River III,
   California, Inc.                                                   par value                                Inc.

   Rehab Provider Network              Florida               G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   of Florida, Inc.                                                   $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Rehab Systems Company               Delaware              B        1,000 shares, $.01 par        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      value                                    (DE)

   Rehab Systems Financial             Delaware              G        3,000 shares, $1.00 par        625       Rehab Systems
   Corporation                                                        value                                    Company
                                                                                                    1,000      Rehab Systems
                                                                                                               Company

   Rehab World, Inc.                   Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      RHCA
                                                                      $.01 par value

   Rehab/Work Hardening Management     Pennsylvania          G        500 shares, no par             500       Mill River III,
   Associates, Ltd.                                                   value                                    Inc.

   RehabWorld of West Virginia, Inc.   West Virginia         G        5,000 common shares,          5,000      Rehab World, Inc.
                                                                      $1.00 par value

   Rehab. Therapy, Inc.                Colorado              G        100 common shares, no          100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      par value                                (PA)

   RehabClinics (COAST), Inc.          Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics (New Jersey), Inc.     Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics (PTA), Inc.            Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.
</TABLE>
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                                                                              11

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                          <C>         <C>
   RehabClinics (SPT), Inc.            Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics Abilene, Inc.          Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics Dallas, Inc.           Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $.01 par value                           Inc.

   RehabClinics, Inc.                  Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $.01 par value                           (DE)

   Rehabilitation Corporation of       Virginia              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      RHCA
   Virginia                                                           $.01 par value

   Rehabilitation Hospital             Delaware              B        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Rehab Systems
   Corporation of America                                             $.01 par value                           Company

   Rehabilitation Services, Inc.       California           --        1,000 shares, $1.00 par        500       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value

   Rehabilitation Services             Wisconsin             G        2,800 common shares, no        100       NovaCare, Inc.
   of Wisconsin, Inc.                                                 par value                                (PA)

   Rehabilitation Systems              Illinois              G        250,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
   of Illinois Clinics, Inc.                                          $1 par value                             (PA)

   Rex McKinney, C.P.O., Ltd.          Kansas               --        200,000 Class A               2,000      NovaCare O&P East
                                                                      preferred shares, $1         Class A
                                                                      par value                    Common
                                                                      300,000 Class B
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value
                                                                      100,000 Class A common
                                                                      shares, $1 par value
                                                                      100,000 Class B
                                                                      preferred shares, $1
                                                                      par value

   Robert M. Bacci, R.P.T. Physical    California            G        100,000 shares                5,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy, Inc.                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   S.T.A.R.T., Inc.                    Massachusetts         G        12,500 common shares,          200       Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Savannah Orthotics, Inc.            Georgia              --        10,000 common shares,          200       NovaCare O&P East
</TABLE>
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                                                                              12

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                      <C>             <C>
                                                                      no par value                            

   SG Rehabilitation Agency, Inc.      Pennsylvania          G        100,000 common shares,         100       NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      $10.00 par value                         (PA)

   SG Speech Associates,               Pennsylvania          G        100,000 common shares,         100       NovaCare, Inc.
   Inc.                                                               $10.00 par value                         (PA)

   South Carolina Center for           South                --        10,000 shares, no par
   Rehabilitation, Inc.                Carolina                       value

   Southwest Medical Supply Company    New Mexico            G        10,000 common shares,        10,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   Southwest Physical Therapy, Inc.    New Mexico            G        500,000 shares,              12,500      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   Southwest Therapists, Inc.          New Mexico            G        5 common shares, no par         5        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   Sporthopedics Sports and Physical   California            G        10,000 common shares,         8,000      Mill River III,
   Therapy Centers, Inc.                                              no par value                             Inc.
                                                                      
   Sports Therapy and Arthritis        Delaware              G        1,000 common shares,          1,000      Mill River III,
   Rehabilitation, Inc.                                               $.01 par value                           Inc.

   Star Physical Therapy Inc.          Florida               G        1,000 shares, $1.00 par        60        Mill River III,
                                                                      value                                    Inc.

   Stephenson-Holtz, Inc.              California            G        100,000 common shares        10,000      Mill River III,
                                                                      no par value                             Inc.

   The Center for Physical Therapy     New Mexico            G        500,000 shares, no par        1,000      Mill River III,
   and Rehabilitation, Inc.                                           value                                    Inc.

   Theodore Dashnaw Physical Therapy,  California            G        100 common shares, no          30        Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Thornton Orthopedic, Inc. of        Colorado             --        100 common shares,         100 common    NovaCare O&P
   Boulder                                                            $200 par value               shares,
                                                                      100 common shares, no    $200 par value
                                                                      par value
                                                                      1,000 preferred 
                                                                      shares, no par value              
                                                                      10,000 common shares,             
                                                                      $.10 par value                    
                                                                      10,000 preferred                  
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value            
</TABLE>                                                              
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                                                                              13

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Borrower/           Authorized          No. Shares
                Subsidiary             Jurisdiction      Guarantor             Capital             Issued        Shareholder(s)
                ----------             ------------      ---------           ----------          ----------      --------------

   <S>                                 <C>                  <C>       <C>                        <C>           <C>
   NovaCare Tri-State Regional         Indiana               B        1,000 common shares, no       1,000      Rehab Systems
   Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.                                      par value                                Financial
                                                                      1,000 preferred shares,                  Corporation
                                                                      no par value

   Tucson Regional Rehabilitation      Delaware              B        10,000 common shares,         1,000      Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     $.10 par value                           Financial
                                                                      10,000 preferred                         Corporation
                                                                      shares, $.10 par value

   Union Square Center for             California            G        1,000 shares, no par           500       Mill River III,
   Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine,                                  value                                    Inc.
   Inc.

   Vanguard Rehabilitation, Inc.       Arizona               G        1,000,000 common             64,500      Mill River III,
                                                                      shares, $1.00 par value                  Inc.

   Wayzata Physical Therapy Center,    Minnesota             G        2,500 common shares, no       1,000      Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               par value                                Inc.

   Webb's - K.E. Karlson Co.           Oregon               --        1,000 common shares, no        705       NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      par value

   NovaCare Outpatient Rehabilitation  Kansas                G        100,000 common shares,        1,250      Mid-Kansas Therapy
   I, Inc.                                                            no par value                             Services, Inc.

   West Suburban Health Partners,      Minnesota             G        25,000 common shares,          990       Mill River III,
   Inc.                                                               $1.00 par value                          Inc.

   West Virginia Rehabilitation        West Virginia         B        5,000 shares, $1.00 par    800 Class R   Rehab Systems
   Hospital, Inc.                                                     value                                    Company

   West Virginia Rehabilitation        Pennsylvania         --        100 Class A common         90 Class A    RHCA
   Services, Inc.                                                     shares, $.01 par value     10 Class B
                                                                      100 Class B common
                                                                      shares, $.01 par value

   Western Rehab Services, Inc.        Arizona               G        100,000 common shares,        1,000      NovaCare, Inc.
                                                                      no par value                             (PA)

   Worker Rehabilitation Services,     Illinois             --        10,000 common shares,                    RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Inc.                                                               no par value                             (60%)

   Young's Orthopedic Service, Inc.    California           --        10,000 shares, no par         5,000      NovaCare O&P West
                                                                      value
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   II.  PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
        ---------------------

                              Name                               Jurisdiction             Partnership Interest
                              ----                               ------------             --------------------
                                                                                    
   <S>                                                           <C>                <C>
   Northwest Suburban Worker Rehabilitation Services Limited     Illinois           66 2/3% owned by RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Partnership                                                                      
                                                                                    
   West Suburban Worker Rehabilitation                           Illinois           66 2/3% owned by RCI (WRS), Inc.
   Services Limited Partnership                                                     
                                                                                    
   Galaxy North Limited Partnership                              Illinois           60% owned by RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.
                                                                                    
   Galaxy West Limited Partnership                               Illinois           60% owned by RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc.

   Land Park Physical Therapy                                    California         50% owned by Mill River III, Inc.
                                                                                    50% owned by Union Square Center for
                                                                                    Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inc.
                                                                                    
   Advanced Orthopedic Services, Ltd.                            Texas              99% limited partnership interest owned by 
                                                                                    RehaClinics Dallas, Inc.
                                                                                    who is also the general partner
                                                                                    1% limited partnership interest owned by
                                                                                    Mill River III, Inc.
                                                                                    
   McFarlen & Associates I                                       Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates II                                      Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.
                                                                                    
   McFarlen & Associates III                                     Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.

   McFarlen & Associates IV                                      Texas              99.9% owned by OSI Midwest, Inc.
                                                                                    
   Orthomedics - Voner (Rancho)                                  California         50% owned by NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics
                                                                                    Holdings, Inc.
                                                                                    
   Orthomedics - Voner (Whittier)                                California         50% owned by NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics
                                                                                    Holdings, Inc.
</TABLE>
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                                                                              14

   III.  Options to Purchase

   1.      RCI (WRS), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 66 2/3% of Worker
           Rehabilitation Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation ("WRS").
           WRS is a general and limited partner of Northwest Suburban Worker
           Rehabilitation Services Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited
           partnership currently owning a 66 2/3% interest.  RCI (WRS), Inc.
           will acquire the remaining corporate and partnership interests on
           December 30, 1994 and December 30, 1995 in the amount of 16 2/3% and
           16 2/3% each year.

   2.      RCI (WRS), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 66 2/3% of Worker
           Rehabilitation Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation ("WRS").
           WRS is a general and limited partner of West Suburban Worker
           Rehabilitation Services Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited
           partnership currently owning a 66 2/3% interest.  RCI (WRS), Inc.
           will acquire the remaining corporate and partnership interests on
           December 30, 1994 and December 30, 1995 in the amount of 16 2/3% and
           16 2/3% each year.

   3.      RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 60% of Galaxy
           Service Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("GSC").  GSC owns a
           75% participating general partnership interest in Galaxy North
           Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the
           "Partnership").  GSC will acquire the remaining 40% interest in GSC
           on December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in the amount of 20% each
           year and the remaining 10% limited partnership interests in the
           Partnership December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in amount of 5%
           per year.

   4.      RCI (S.P.O.R.T.), Inc., a Delaware corporation owns 60% of Galaxy
           Service Corporation, an Illinois corporation ("GSC").  GSC owns a
           75% participating general partnership interest in Galaxy Worth
           Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the
           "Partnership").  GSC will acquire the remaining 40% interest in GSC
           on December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in the amount of 20% each
           year and the remaining 10% limited partnership interests in the
           Partnership December 31, 1994 and December 31, 1995 in amount of 5%
           per year.

   5.      Orthomedics - Voner (Rancho), a California general partnership.  A
           50% interest is held NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics Holdings, a
           Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare Orthotics &
           Prosthetics, Inc., a Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare,
           Inc. (Delaware). The remaining 50% is owned by Mr. Voner.

   6.      Orthomedics - Voner (Whittier), a California general partnership.  A
           50% interest is held NovaCare Orthotics & Prosthetics Holdings, a
           Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare Orthotics &
           Prosthetics, Inc., a Delaware wholly owned subsidiary of NovaCare,
           Inc. (Delaware). The remaining 50% is owned by Mr. Voner.
<PAGE>   33
                                   EXHIBIT E

                             EXHIBIT 1.01 (P)(1)(E)

                                                  [TO BE USED IF POOLING 
                                                  CONSIDERATION IS
                                                  LESS THAN $250 MILLION]



                     PERMITTED POOLINGS NOTICE CERTIFICATE



                           ____________________, 19__


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  as Agent for the Banks party
  to the Credit Agreement Referred to Below
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                 I refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of May ___, 1994 (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
among NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("NovaCare"), each of the other
Borrowers and the Guarantors that are parties thereto (the "Loan Parties"), the
Banks party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for such
Banks.  This Certificate is delivered pursuant to clause (E) of the definition
of Permitted Poolings contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in
connection with the proposed pooling of interests described below.  Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein
with the same meanings.

                 I, __________________________, [President/Chief Executive
Officer/Chief Financial Officer] of NovaCare, do hereby certify as of the date
hereof, as follows:

                 (1)      Description of Proposed Pooling.  NovaCare desires to
engage in a pooling of interests (the "Proposed Pooling") under the terms set
forth below.  The Proposed Pooling shall be a Permitted Pooling.

                          (a)     The Pooling Partner is ______________________
                                  [name], a ___________________________________
                                  [type of entity and jurisdiction of
                                  organization].

                          (b)     The Proposed Pooling is scheduled to close 
                                   on __________________, 19___
                                   (the "Pooling Date").

                          (c)     The assets and businesses of the Pooling
                                  Partner are located in _____________________
                                  [list locations and describe assets or
                                  business in those locations].

                          (d)     The Proposed Pooling is an [Asset
                                  Acquisition/Stock Acquisition] structured as
                                  follows (describe structure of the pooling):
                                  ____________________________________________.

                 (2)      (A)     Pooling Consideration (Clauses (A) and (E) of
                                  definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
                                  Proposed Pooling shall be accounted for under
                                  GAAP
<PAGE>   34
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 2

                 as a "pooling of interests."  The consideration to be paid by
                 the Loan Parties in connection with the Proposed Pooling
                 consists solely of shares of stock of NovaCare, cash payments
                 in lieu of fractional shares and cash payments to dissenting
                 shareholders.  The Pooling Consideration is $________ which is
                 less than $250,000,000, the maximum Pooling Consideration
                 permitted under clause (E) of the definition of Permitted
                 Pooling.  The Pooling Consideration is computed as follows:

      (i)      NovaCare is issuing shares of its capital stock as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Market Value        
                                                                                  Per Share as        
                                                                                  of ________,        
                                                                                  19__ (must          
                                                                                  be within 120       
                                                    #                             days of the             Total
                                  Class          Shares           Issue           Pooling Date)           Value
                                  -----          ------           -----           -------------           -----
                                  <S>                                                                    <C>
                                                                                                         $
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------           -------
                                                                                                         $       
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------           -------
                                                 Total                                                   $
                                                                                                          =======
                                                                                                      
                                  (ii)     Cash in lieu of fractional shares or with respect to       
                                           dissenters' rights to the extent that the amount thereof   
                                           can be determined on or before the date which is fifteen   
                                           (15) Business Days prior to the Pooling Date                  $
                                                                                                          -------
                                                                                                      
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) and (ii) (must be less than or equal to 
                                            $250,000,000)                                                $
                                                                                                          =======
</TABLE>

                          (B)     Permitted Pooling Compliance.   (Clause (L)
                                  of the definition of Permitted Pooling)  On
                                  the Pooling Date and after giving effect to
                                  the proposed acquisition, the Pooling
                                  Consideration, when aggregated with the
                                  Pooling Consideration of all other Permitted
                                  Poolings which occurred during the period
                                  beginning on the Effective Date through and
                                  including the date of determination, is
                                  $____________, which is less than or equal to
                                  the amount of $500,000,000.

                 (3)      Lines of Business (Clause (B) of definition of
Permitted Pooling).  The Pooling Partner is engaged in the business of
_______________________________________________.  ________% (must exceed 70%) 
of the net revenues of the Pooling Partner during its last completed fiscal 
year were derived from Permitted Lines of Business.  The balance of such net 
revenues, _____%, were derived from rehabilitation services businesses other 
than the ownership or operation of acute care facilities or the sale, 
distribution or
<PAGE>   35
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 3

manufacture of pharmaceutical products, except that up to $1 million of such
net revenues may have been derived from sources other than rehabilitation
services.

                 (4)      Events of Default or Potential Default (Paragraph (C)
of definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving
effect to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be
requested or debt to be assumed in connection therewith, no event shall have
occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential
Default.

                 (5)      Joinder of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries and
Pledge of their Stock (Paragraph (D) of definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
following is a complete list of the corporations, partnerships or other
entities:  (i) whose stock or other ownership interests will be acquired by one
or more Loan Parties in the Proposed Pooling, (ii) which have been or will be
formed by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Proposed Pooling, (iii) which are
Subsidiaries or Minority Subsidiaries of the entities listed in (i) and (ii)
above:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Is the
                                                            Person who                        Entity
                                         Type of            holds its                         Joining
                                         Entity and         Stock or         Percentage       the
                                         Jurisdic-          other            of total         Credit
                          Name of        tion of            ownership        ownership        Agreement
                          Entity         Organization       Interests        held             (yes/no)
                          ------         ------------       ---------        ----             --------

                          <S>            <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------

</TABLE>
We are simultaneously delivering to the Agent Guaranty Agreements, Pledge
Agreements, an opinion of counsel and certified copies of organizational
documents, pursuant to which each entity listed above which is a Qualified
Subsidiary shall join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and the stock of such
Qualified Subsidiary shall be pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the
Banks, in each instance on the Pooling Date.  (The procedures for such joinders
are described in Section 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.  A Qualifying
Subsidiary is an entity of which NovaCare or NovaCare's Subsidiaries hold 80%
or more of the ownership interests as more fully set forth in the Credit
Agreement.)

                 (6)      Financial Covenant Compliance (Paragraph (E) of
definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested in
connection therewith, but otherwise on the basis of the most recent financial
statements of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement and of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries
as attached hereto pursuant to Paragraph (9), the Loan Parties shall be in
compliance with the following financial covenants on a pro forma basis for the
effects of the Proposed Pooling:

                          (A)     Funded Debt to Capitalization.  (Section
                                  8.02(m)).  On the Pooling Date, the ratio of
                                  (i) Consolidated Funded Debt to (ii)
                                  Capitalization shall be _________ to 1.0.
                                  Such ratio must not be more than the
                                  following ratios for the following periods:
<PAGE>   36
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 4

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                            Ratio
                                  ------                            -----
                                  <S>                               <C>
                                  Closing Date through
                                  June 30, 1995                     .55 to 1.0

                                  July 1, 1995 and
                                  thereafter                        .50 to 1.0

</TABLE>
                                  (a)      Consolidated Funded Debt, the 
                                           numerator of the foregoing ratio, is
                                           determined as follows:

                                           Indebtedness of NovaCare and its
                                           Subsidiaries to persons other than
                                           NovaCare and its Subsidiaries on the
                                           Pooling Date in respect of, without
                                           duplication:

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (i)     Borrowed money                                                           $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ii)    Amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note
                                                   purchase or acceptance credit facility                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, currency
                                                   swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor
                                                   agreement or other interest rate management device                       $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iv)    Other transactions (including without limitation forward sale or
                                                   purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales
                                                   agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money
                                                   entered into to finance operations or capital requirements (but
                                                   not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in
                                                   the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a
                                                   promissory note)                                                         $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (v)     Any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed money                          $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (vi)    Sum of (i) through (v) equals Consolidated Funded Debt                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
                                  (b)      Capitalization, the denominator of
                                           the foregoing ratio, is determined
                                           as follows as of the Pooling Date:
<PAGE>   37
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 5

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (i)     Consolidated Funded Debt (amount from clause (vi) of Paragraph
                                                   (a) above)                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ii)    Consolidated Net Worth, which is total stockholders' equity of
                                                   NovaCare and its Subsidiaries as of the Pooling Date                     $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Sum of (i) and (ii) equals Capitalization                                $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
                          (B)     Funded Debt to Cash Flow From Operations.
                                  (Section 8.02(n)).  The ratio of (i)
                                  Consolidated Funded Debt on the Pooling Date
                                  to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                  Operations for the four fiscal quarters
                                  ending immediately prior to the Pooling Date
                                  is _______ to 1.0.  Such ratio must not be
                                  more than the following ratios for the
                                  following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                                     Ratio
                                  ------                                     -----
                                  <S>                                       <C>
                                  July 1, 1994 through
                                  June 30, 1995                              3.00 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1995 through
                                  June 30, 1996                              2.75 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1996 and
                                  thereafter                                 2.50 to 1.00
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                          <S>     <C>                                                                                       <C>
                          (a)     Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of the foregoing ratio (amount from
                                  clause (vi) of Paragraph 6(A)(a) above)                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
                          (b)     Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations, the
                                  denominator of the foregoing ratio, for the
                                  four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior
                                  to the Pooling Date is determined as follows:

                                  (i)      Net Income                                                                       $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (ii)     Depreciation                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (iii)    Amortization                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (iv)     Other non-cash charges to net income                                             $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (v)      Interest Expense                                                                 $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (vi)     Income Tax Expense                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (vii)    Sum of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)                                      $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   38
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 6


<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (viii)   Non-cash credits to net income                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (ix)     Item (vii) reduced by item (viii) equals Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                           Operations                                                                       $
                                                                                                                            -------
</TABLE>

                 (7)      Indebtedness Assumed (Sections 8.02(a)(vii)).

                          (c)     Proposed Pooling.  The following is a list of
                                  Indebtedness of the Pooling Partner and its
                                  Subsidiaries (if any) which will be assumed
                                  or otherwise will remain outstanding
                                  following the Proposed Pooling:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Collateral
                                                        Entity which         security
                                                        will be liable       securing the      Amount
                                                        therefor after       Indebtedness      of
                                  Creditor              Pooling              (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  --------              -------              --------          ------------

                                  <S>                   <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                       
                                                        Total                                  $
                                                                                                =======

</TABLE>
                                  We are simultaneously sending you copies of
                                  the agreements governing the Indebtedness
                                  listed above.

                          (d)     Aggregate Limit (Section 8.02(a)(vii)).  The
                                  sum of the Indebtedness to be assumed in
                                  connection with the Proposed Pooling
                                  described in paragraph (a) above together
                                  with Indebtedness assumed by the Loan Parties
                                  in connection with Permitted Poolings during
                                  the current fiscal year is $________ which is
                                  less than $100,000,000, the maximum amount
                                  permitted to be assumed during the current
                                  fiscal year.  The amount of such Indebtedness
                                  is computed as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                             <C>
                                  (i)      Total from paragraph (a) above                                                  $
                                                                                                                            --------

</TABLE>

                                  (ii)     Indebtedness either (1) previously
                                           assumed by acquiring Loan Parties in
                                           Permitted Poolings during the
                                           current fiscal year, or (2) of
                                           Pooling Partners and their
                                           Subsidiaries whose stock or other
                                           ownership interests were previously
                                           acquired in Permitted Poolings
                                           during the current fiscal year,
                                           including, in the case of both (1)
                                           and (2), any Indebtedness which has
                                           been repaid since the date of the
                                           pooling as well as debt which
                                           remains outstanding on the date of
                                           this certificate:
<PAGE>   39
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 7

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                                                               
                                  Loan Party                                            
                                  which assumed                         Collateral      
                                  Indebtedness or                       securing        
                                  Pooling Partner         Date of       the             
                                  whose stock             Permitted     Indebted-             Amount of
                                  was acquired            Pooling       ness (if any)         Indebtedness
                                  ------------            -------       -------------         ------------
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                     <C>
                                                                                                $              
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------            --------------
                                                                                                $              
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------            --------------
                                                                                                $              
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------            --------------
                                                                                        
                                  Total                                                         $              
                                                                                                 --------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
                                   <S>     <C>                                                  <C>
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) plus (ii) (may not exceed $100,000,000)   $              
                                                                                                 ==============
</TABLE>

                          (e)     Lease Obligations.  Listed below are the
                                  future minimum lease payments under each
                                  non-cancellable lease of the Pooling Partner
                                  and its Subsidiaries (if any) (i) which will
                                  be assumed or otherwise will remain
                                  outstanding after the Proposed Pooling, and
                                  (ii) under which the annual lease payments
                                  exceed $250,000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Future Minimum
                                  Lessor                         Expiration Date            Lease Payments
                                  ------                         ---------------            --------------
                                  <S>                            <C>                        <C>
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
 
                                                                 Total                      $
                                                                                             =============

</TABLE>
                 (8)      Attached Financial Statements.  Attached hereto are
true and correct copies of (i) the consolidated balance sheets and income
statements of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries for the prior three fiscal
years and the interim statements ending on ______________, (ii) any financial
projections with respect to the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries received
from Pooling Partner or prepared by the Loan Parties, and (iii) any revised
budgets, and accompanying forecasts and projections prepared by NovaCare
projecting its and its Subsidiaries' operations on a consolidated basis and
separately for each line of business which have not previously been delivered
to the Banks.

                 (9)      Representations and Warranties.  After giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling, any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or debt
to be assumed in connection therewith, the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement will be true on and as of the
Pooling Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the Pooling Date (except representations and
warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time, which
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of
the specific dates or times referred to therein) and the Loan Parties shall
have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions of the Credit
Agreement.
<PAGE>   40
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 8

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate this _____ day of ___________, 19__.

                                        NOVACARE, INC.

                                        By:
                                           ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                              ---------------------------------

<PAGE>   41
                               LIST OF ENCLOSURES


                 NovaCare is enclosing the following with this Certificate:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                            Check if
                                                                                                                            Enclosed
                                                                                                                            --------

                 <S>      <C>                                                                                               <C>
                 1.       Joinder documentation described in Paragraph 5                                                    
                                                                                                                            --------
                 2.       Agreements governing assumed Indebtedness described in Paragraph 7(a)                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 3.       Financial Statements of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(i)                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            --------
                 4.       Financial projections of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(ii)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 5.       Budget, forecasts and projections described in Paragraph 8(iii)                                   
                                                                                                                            --------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   42
                                  ENCLOSURE #2

                        ASSUMED INDEBTEDNESS AGREEMENTS

                 NovaCare to attach agreements governing assumed Indebtedness
described in Paragraph 7(a).
<PAGE>   43
                                   EXHIBIT F

 
                                               [TO BE USED IF (I) POOLING 
                                               CONSIDERATION EXCEEDS $250 
                                               MILLION AND (II) NOVACARE HAS 
                                               NOT MADE ANY OTHER POOLINGS FOR 
                                               CONSIDERATION EXCEEDING $250 
                                               MILLION DURING CURRENT FISCAL 
                                               YEAR]


                             EXHIBIT 1.01(P)(1)(F)

                PERMITTED POOLINGS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE - AGENT



                           ____________________, 19__


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  as Agent for the Banks party
  to the Credit Agreement Referred to Below
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265


Ladies and Gentlemen:

                 I refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of May ___, 1994 (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
among NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("NovaCare"), each of the other
Borrowers and the Guarantors that are parties thereto (the "Loan Parties"), the
Banks party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for such
Banks.  This Certificate is delivered pursuant to clause (F) of the definition
of Permitted Poolings contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in
connection with the proposed pooling of interests described below.  Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein
with the same meanings.

                 I, __________________________, [President/Chief Executive
Officer/Chief Financial Officer] of NovaCare, do hereby certify as of the date
hereof, as follows:

                 (1)      Description of Proposed Pooling.  NovaCare desires to
engage in a pooling of interests (the "Proposed Pooling") under the terms set
forth below.  The Proposed Pooling shall be a Permitted Pooling.

                          (a)     The Pooling Partner is ______________________
                                  [name], a ___________________________________
                                  [type of entity and jurisdiction of
                                  organization].

 (b)     The Proposed Pooling is scheduled to close on __________________, 19___
                                                           (the "Pooling Date").

                          (c)     The assets and businesses of the Pooling
                                  Partner are located in _____________________
                                  [list locations and describe assets or
                                  business in those locations].
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 2

                          (d)     The Proposed Pooling is an [Asset
                                  Acquisition/Stock Acquisition] structured as
                                  follows (describe structure of the pooling):
                                  ____________________________________________.

                 (2)      (A)     Pooling Consideration (Clauses (A) and (F) of
                                  definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
                                  Proposed Pooling shall be accounted for under
                                  GAAP as a "pooling of interests."  The
                                  consideration to be paid by the Loan Parties
                                  in connection with the Proposed Pooling
                                  consists solely of shares of stock of
                                  NovaCare, cash payments in lieu of fractional
                                  shares and cash payments to dissenting
                                  shareholders.  The Pooling Consideration is
                                  $________ which is more than $250,000,000.
                                  The Pooling Consideration is computed as
                                  follows:

            (i)      NovaCare is issuing shares of its capital stock as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Market Value     
                                                                                  Per Share as     
                                                                                  of ________,     
                                                                                  19__ (must       
                                                                                  be within 120    
                                                    #                             days of the               Total
                                  Class          Shares           Issue           Pooling Date)             Value
                                  -----          ------           -----           -------------             -----
                                  <S>            <C>              <C>             <C>                      <C>
                                                                                                           $
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------            --------
                                                                                                           $       
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------             -------
                                                                     
                                                 Total                                                     $    
                                                                                                            =======
</TABLE>

<TABLE>  
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (ii)     Cash in lieu of fractional shares or with respect to dissenters' rights
                                           to the extent that the amount thereof can be determined on or before the
                                           date which is fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Pooling Date               $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) and (ii) (must be less than or equal to $250,000,000)                 $
                                                                                                                             =======

</TABLE>
                          (B)     Permitted Pooling Compliance. (Clause (L) of
                                  the definition of Permitted Pooling)  On the
                                  Pooling Date and after giving effect to the
                                  proposed acquisition, the Pooling
                                  Consideration, when aggregated with the
                                  Pooling Consideration of all other Permitted
                                  Poolings which occurred during the period
                                  beginning on the Effective Date through and
                                  including the date of determination, is
                                  $______, which is less than or equal to the
                                  amount of $500,000,000.

                 (3)      Lines of Business (Clause (B) of definition of
Permitted Pooling).  The Pooling Partner is engaged in the business of
________________________________________________________________________.
________% (must exceed 70%) of the net revenues of the Pooling Partner during
its last completed fiscal year were derived from Permitted Lines of Business.
The balance of such net revenues, _____%, were derived from rehabilitation
<PAGE>   45
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 3

services businesses other than the ownership or operation of acute care
facilities or the sale, distribution or manufacture of pharmaceutical products,
except that up to $1 million of such net revenues may have been derived from
sources other than rehabilitation services.

                 (4)      Events of Default or Potential Default (Paragraph (C)
of definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving
effect to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be
requested or debt to be assumed in connection therewith, no event shall have
occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential
Default.

                 (5)      Joinder of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries and
Pledge of their Stock (Paragraph (D) of definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
following is a complete list of the corporations, partnerships or other
entities:  (i) whose stock or other ownership interests will be acquired by one
or more Loan Parties in the Proposed Pooling, (ii) which have been or will be
formed by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Proposed Pooling, (iii) which are
Subsidiaries or Minority Subsidiaries of the entities listed in (i) and (ii)
above:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Is the
                                                            Person who                        Entity
                                         Type of            holds its                         Joining
                                         Entity and         Stock or         Percentage       the
                                         Jurisdic-          other            of total         Credit
                          Name of        tion of            ownership        ownership        Agreement
                          Entity         Organization       Interests        held             (yes/no)
                          ------         ------------       ---------        ----             --------
                          <S>            <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>

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

</TABLE>
We are simultaneously delivering to the Agent Guaranty Agreements, Pledge
Agreements, an opinion of counsel and certified copies of organizational
documents, pursuant to which each entity listed above which is a Qualified
Subsidiary shall join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and the stock of such
Qualified Subsidiary shall be pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the
Banks, in each instance on the Pooling Date.  (The procedures for such joinders
are described in Section 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.  A Qualifying
Subsidiary is an entity of which NovaCare or NovaCare's Subsidiaries hold 80%
or more of the ownership interests as more fully set forth in the Credit
Agreement.)

                 (6)      Financial Covenant Compliance (Paragraph (F) of
definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested in
connection therewith, but otherwise on the basis of the most recent financial
statements of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement and of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries
as attached hereto pursuant to Paragraph (9), the Loan Parties shall be in
compliance with the following financial covenants on a pro forma basis for the
effects of the Proposed Pooling:

                          (A)     Funded Debt to Capitalization.  (Section
                                  8.02(m)).  On the Pooling Date, the ratio of
                                  (i) Consolidated Funded Debt to (ii)
                                  Capitalization shall be _________ to 1.0.
                                  Such ratio must not be more than the
                                  following ratios for the following periods:
<PAGE>   46
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
_______________, 19___
Page 4
           
<TABLE>    
<CAPTION>  
                           Period                                     Ratio         
                           ------                                     -----
                           <S>                                        <C>
                           Closing Date through
                           June 30, 1995                              .55 to 1.0
           
                           July 1, 1995 and
                           thereafter                                 .50 to 1.0
           
</TABLE>         
                           (a)       Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of
                                     the foregoing ratio, is determined as 
                                     follows:
                                     
                                     Indebtedness of NovaCare and its
                                     Subsidiaries to persons other than
                                     NovaCare and its Subsidiaries on the
                                     Pooling Date in respect of, without
                                     duplication:
           
<TABLE>    
                                    <S>     <C>                                                                     <C> 
                                    (i)     Borrowed money                                                           $
                                                                                                                      -------
                                    (ii)    Amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note
                                            purchase or acceptance credit facility                                   $
                                                                                                                      -------
                                    (iii)   Reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, currency
                                            swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor
                                            agreement or other interest rate management device                       $
                                                                                                                      -------
                                    (iv)    Other transactions (including without limitation forward sale or
                                            purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales
                                            agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money
                                            entered into to finance operations or capital requirements (but
                                            not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in
                                            the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a
                                            promissory note)                                                         $
                                                                                                                      -------
                                    (v)     Any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed money                          $
                                                                                                                      -------
                                    (vi)    Sum of (i) through (v) equals Consolidated Funded Debt                   $
                                                                                                                      ------- 
</TABLE>        
                
                           (b)      Capitalization, the denominator of   
                                    the foregoing ratio, is determined 
                                    as follows as of the Pooling Date: 
      
<PAGE>   47
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 5

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (i)     Consolidated Funded Debt (amount from clause (vi) of Paragraph
                                                   (a) above)                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ii)    Consolidated Net Worth, which is total stockholders' equity of NovaCare
                                                   and its Subsidiaries as of the Pooling Date                              $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Sum of (i) and (ii) equals Capitalization                                $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>

                 (B)      Funded Debt to Cash Flow From Operations.  (Section
                          8.02(n)).  The ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt
                          on the Pooling Date to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow
                          from Operations for the four fiscal quarters ending
                          immediately prior to the Pooling Date is _______ to
                          1.0.  Such ratio must not be more than the following
                          ratios for the following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Period                                    Ratio
                          ------                                    -----
                          <S>                                       <C>
                          July 1, 1994 through
                          June 30, 1995                             3.00 to 1.00

                          July 1, 1995 through
                          June 30, 1996                             2.75 to 1.00

                          July 1, 1996 and
                          thereafter                                2.50 to 1.00

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                          <S>     <C>                                                                                       <C>
                          (a)     Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of the foregoing ratio (amount from
                                  clause (vi) of Paragraph 6(A)(a) above)                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
                          (b)     Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations, the
                                  denominator of the foregoing ratio, for the
                                  four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior
                                  to the Pooling Date is determined as follows:

                                  (i)      Net Income                                                                       $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (ii)     Depreciation                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (iii)    Amortization                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (iv)     Other non-cash charges to net income                                             $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (v)      Interest Expense                                                                 $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (vi)     Income Tax Expense                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (vii)    Sum of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)                                      $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (viii)   Non-cash credits to net income                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------

</TABLE>
<PAGE>   48
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 6


<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (ix)     Item (vii) reduced by item (viii) equals
                                           Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations                                           $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>

                 (7)      Indebtedness Assumed (Sections 8.02(a)(vii)).

                          (c)     Proposed Pooling.  The following is a list of
                                  Indebtedness of the Pooling Partner and its
                                  Subsidiaries (if any) which will be assumed
                                  or otherwise will remain outstanding
                                  following the Proposed Pooling:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Collateral
                                                        Entity which         security
                                                        will be liable       securing the      Amount
                                                        therefor after       Indebtedness      of
                                  Creditor              Pooling              (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  --------              -------              --------          ------------

                                  <S>                   <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                        Total                                  $
                                                                                                =======

</TABLE>
                                  We are simultaneously sending you copies of
                                  the agreements governing the Indebtedness
                                  listed above.

                          (d)     Aggregate Limit (Section 8.02(a)(vii)).  The
                                  sum of the Indebtedness to be assumed in
                                  connection with the Proposed Pooling
                                  described in paragraph (a) above together
                                  with Indebtedness assumed by the Loan Parties
                                  in connection with Permitted Poolings during
                                  the current fiscal year is $________ which is
                                  less than $100,000,000, the maximum amount
                                  permitted to be assumed during the current
                                  fiscal year.  The amount of such Indebtedness
                                  is computed as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                             <C>
                                  (i)      Total from paragraph (a) above                                                  $
                                                                                                                            --------
</TABLE>

                                  (ii)     Indebtedness either (1) previously
                                           assumed by acquiring Loan Parties in
                                           Permitted Poolings during the
                                           current fiscal year, or (2) of
                                           Pooling Partners and their
                                           Subsidiaries whose stock or other
                                           ownership interests were previously
                                           acquired in Permitted Poolings
                                           during the current fiscal year,
                                           including, in the case of both (1)
                                           and (2), any Indebtedness which has
                                           been repaid since the date of the
                                           pooling as well as debt which
                                           remains outstanding on the date of
                                           this certificate:
<PAGE>   49
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 7

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Loan Party
                                  which assumed                         Collateral      
                                  Indebtedness or                       securing        
                                  Pooling Partner         Date of       the             
                                  whose stock             Permitted     Indebted-                   Amount of
                                  was acquired            Pooling       ness (if any)               Indebtedness
                                  ------------            -------       -------------               ------------
                                                                                        
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                          <C>
                                                                                                     $
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------                 ------------            
                                                                                                     $
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------                 ------------            
                                                                                                     $
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------                 ------------            
                                                                                        
                                  Total                                                              $
                                                                                                      ------------
</TABLE> 

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                       <C>
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) plus (ii) (may not exceed                      $
                                            $100,000,000)                                             ------------
</TABLE>

                          (e)     Lease Obligations.  Listed below are the
                                  future minimum lease payments under each
                                  non-cancellable lease of the Pooling Partner
                                  and its Subsidiaries (if any) which (i) will
                                  be assumed or otherwise will remain
                                  outstanding after the Proposed Pooling, and
                                  (ii) under which the annual lease payments
                                  exceed $250,000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Future Minimum
                                     Lessor                         Expiration Date            Lease Payments
                                     ------                         -----------                --------------
                                     <S>                           <C>                        <C>
                                     ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                     ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                     ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                                                    Total                      $
                                                                                                =============
</TABLE>

                 (8)      Attached Financial Statements.  Attached hereto are
true and correct copies of (i) the consolidated balance sheets and income
statements of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries for the prior three fiscal
years and the interim statements ending on ______________, (ii) any financial
projections with respect to the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries received
from Pooling Partner or prepared by the Loan Parties, and (iii) any revised
budgets, and accompanying forecasts and projections prepared by NovaCare
projecting its and its Subsidiaries' operations on a consolidated basis and
separately for each line of business which have not previously been delivered
to the Banks.

                 (9)      Representations and Warranties.  After giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling, any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or debt
to be assumed in connection therewith, the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement will be true on and as of the
Pooling Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the Pooling Date (except representations and
warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time, which
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of
the specific dates or times referred to therein) and the Loan Parties shall
have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions of the Credit
Agreement.
<PAGE>   50
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 8

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate this _____ day of ___________, 19__.

                             NOVACARE, INC.


                             By:
                                -----------------------------------------------
                             Name:
                                  ---------------------------------------------
                             Title:
                                   --------------------------------------------

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
THIS _____ DAY OF ____________, 19___

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent



By:
   -----------------------------
Name:
     ---------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------
<PAGE>   51
                               LIST OF ENCLOSURES


                 NovaCare is enclosing the following with this Certificate:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                            Check if
                                                                                                                            Enclosed
                                                                                                                            --------

                 <S>      <C>                                                                                               <C>
                 1.       Joinder documentation described in Paragraph 5                                                    
                                                                                                                            --------
                 2.       Agreements governing assumed Indebtedness described in Paragraph 7(a)                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 3.       Financial Statements of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(i)                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            --------
                 4.       Financial projections of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(ii)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 5.       Budget, forecasts and projections described in Paragraph 8(iii)                                   
                                                                                                                            --------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   52

                                   EXHIBIT G


          [TO BE USED IF (I) POOLING CONSIDERATION EXCEEDS $250 MILLION AND (II)
         NOVACARE HAS MADE ONE OR MORE POOLINGS FOR CONSIDERATION EXCEEDING $250
                                             MILLION DURING CURRENT FISCAL YEAR]



                             EXHIBIT 1.01(P)(1)(G)

            PERMITTED POOLINGS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE - REQUIRED BANKS



                           ____________________, 19__


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  as Agent for the Banks party
  to the Credit Agreement Referred to Below
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265


Ladies and Gentlemen:

                 I refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of May ___, 1994 (as
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement")
among NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("NovaCare"), each of the other
Borrowers and the Guarantors that are parties thereto (the "Loan Parties"), the
Banks party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for such
Banks.  This Certificate is delivered pursuant to clause (G) of the definition
of Permitted Poolings contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in
connection with the proposed pooling of interests described below.  Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein
with the same meanings.

                 I, __________________________, [President/Chief Executive
Officer/Chief Financial Officer] of NovaCare, do hereby certify as of the date
hereof, as follows:

                 (1)      Description of Proposed Pooling.  NovaCare desires to
engage in a pooling of interests (the "Proposed Pooling") under the terms set
forth below.  The Proposed Pooling shall be a Permitted Pooling.

                          (a)     The Pooling Partner is ______________________
                                  [name], a ___________________________________
                                  [type of entity and jurisdiction of
                                  organization].

                          (b)     The Proposed Pooling is scheduled to close 
                                  on __________________, 19___ (the "Pooling 
                                  Date").

                          (c)     The assets and businesses of the Pooling
                                  Partner are located in _____________________
                                  [list locations and describe assets or
                                  business in those locations].
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 2

                          (d)     The Proposed Pooling is an [Asset
                                  Acquisition/Stock Acquisition] structured as
                                  follows (describe structure of the pooling):
                                  ____________________________________________.
                                  
                 (2)      (A)     Pooling Consideration (Clauses (A) and (G) of
                                  definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
                                  Proposed Pooling shall be accounted for under
                                  GAAP as a "pooling of interests."  The
                                  consideration to be paid by the Loan Parties
                                  in connection with the Proposed Pooling
                                  consists solely of shares of stock of
                                  NovaCare, cash payments in lieu of fractional
                                  shares and cash payments to dissenting
                                  shareholders.  The Pooling Consideration is
                                  $________ which exceeds $250,000,000. The
                                  Pooling Consideration is computed as follows:

                                  (i)      NovaCare is issuing shares of its
                                           capital stock as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Market Value     
                                                                                  Per Share as     
                                                                                  of ________,     
                                                                                  19__ (must       
                                                                                  be within 120    
                                                    #                             days of the             Total
                                  Class          Shares           Issue           Pooling Date)           Value
                                  -----          ------           -----           -------------           -----
                                                                                                   
                                  <S>            <C>              <C>             <C>                    <C>
                                                                                                         $       
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------           -------
                                                                                                         $       
                                  ----------     ----------       ----------      -------------           -------
                                                                                                   
                                                 Total                                                   $        
                                                                                                          =======
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                          <S>      <C>                                                                  <C>
                                  (ii)     Cash in lieu of fractional shares or with respect to
                                           dissenters' rights to the extent that the amount thereof
                                           can be determined on or before the date which is fifteen
                                           (15) Business Days prior to the Pooling Date                  $
                                                                                                          -------
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) and (ii) (must be less than or equal to
                                           $250,000,000)                                                 $
                                                                                                          =======

                          (B)     Permitted Pooling Compliance (Clause (L) of
                                  the definition of Permitted Pooling) On the
                                  Pooling Date and after giving effect to the
                                  proposed acquisition, the Pooling
                                  Consideration, when aggregated with the
                                  Pooling Consideration of all other Permitted
                                  Poolings which occurred during the period
                                  beginning on the Effective Date through and
                                  including the date of determination, is
                                  $___________, which is less than or equal to
                                  the amount of $500,000,000.
</TABLE>
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 3

                 (3)      Lines of Business (Clause (B) of definition of
Permitted Pooling).  The Pooling Partner is engaged in the business of
______________________________________.  ________% (must exceed 70%) of the net
revenues of the Pooling Partner during its last completed fiscal year were
derived from Permitted Lines of Business.  The balance of such net revenues,
_____%, were derived from rehabilitation services businesses other than the
ownership or operation of acute care facilities or the sale, distribution or
manufacture of pharmaceutical products, except that up to $1 million of such
net revenues may have been derived from sources other than rehabilitation
services.

                 (4)      Events of Default or Potential Default (Paragraph (C)
of definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving
effect to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be
requested or debt to be assumed in connection therewith, no event shall have
occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential
Default.

                 (5)      Joinder of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries and
Pledge of their Stock (Paragraph (D) of definition of Permitted Pooling).  The
following is a complete list of the corporations, partnerships or other
entities:  (i) whose stock or other ownership interests will be acquired by one
or more Loan Parties in the Proposed Pooling, (ii) which have been or will be
formed by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Proposed Pooling, (iii) which are
Subsidiaries or Minority Subsidiaries of the entities listed in (i) and (ii)
above:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Is the
                                                            Person who                        Entity
                                         Type of            holds its                         Joining
                                         Entity and         Stock or         Percentage       the
                                         Jurisdic-          other            of total         Credit
                          Name of        tion of            ownership        ownership        Agreement
                          Entity         Organization       Interests        held             (yes/no)
                          ------         ------------       ---------        ----             --------

                          <S>            <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------

</TABLE>
We are simultaneously delivering to the Agent Guaranty Agreements, Pledge
Agreements, an opinion of counsel and certified copies of organizational
documents, pursuant to which each entity listed above which is a Qualified
Subsidiary shall join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and the stock of such
Qualified Subsidiary shall be pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the
Banks, in each instance on the Pooling Date.  (The procedures for such joinders
are described in Section 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.  A Qualifying
Subsidiary is an entity of which NovaCare or NovaCare's Subsidiaries hold 80%
or more of the ownership interests as more fully set forth in the Credit
Agreement.)

                 (6)      Financial Covenant Compliance (Paragraph (G) of
definition of Permitted Pooling).  On the Pooling Date and after giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested in
connection therewith, but otherwise on the basis of the most recent financial
statements of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement and of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries
as attached hereto pursuant to Paragraph (9), the Loan Parties shall be in
compliance with the following financial covenants on a pro forma basis for the
effects of the Proposed Pooling:
<PAGE>   55
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 4


                          (A)     Funded Debt to Capitalization.  (Section
                                  8.02(m)).  On the Pooling Date, the ratio of
                                  (i) Consolidated Funded Debt to (ii)
                                  Capitalization shall be _________ to 1.0.
                                  Such ratio must not be more than the
                                  following ratios for the following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                                     Ratio
                                  ------                                     -----
                                  <S>                                        <C>
                                  Closing Date through
                                  June 30, 1995                              .55 to 1.0

                                  July 1, 1995 and
                                  thereafter                                 .50 to 1.0

</TABLE>
                                  (a)      Consolidated Funded Debt, the
                                           numerator of the foregoing ratio, 
                                           is determined as follows:

                                           Indebtedness of NovaCare and its
                                           Subsidiaries to persons other than
                                           NovaCare and its Subsidiaries on the
                                           Pooling Date in respect of, without
                                           duplication:

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                     <C>
                                           (i)     Borrowed money                                                          $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (ii)    Amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note
                                                   purchase or acceptance credit facility                                  $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (iii)   Reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, currency
                                                   swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor
                                                   agreement or other interest rate management device                      $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (iv)    Other transactions (including without limitation forward sale or
                                                   purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales
                                                   agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money
                                                   entered into to finance operations or capital requirements (but
                                                   not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in
                                                   the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a
                                                   promissory note)                                                        $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (v)     Any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed money                         $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (vi)    Sum of (i) through (v) equals Consolidated Funded Debt                  $
                                                                                                                            -------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   56
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 5

                                  (b)      Capitalization, the denominator of
                                           the foregoing ratio, is determined
                                           as follows as of the Pooling Date:

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                     <C>
                                           (i)     Consolidated Funded Debt (amount from clause (vi) of Paragraph
                                                   (a) above)                                                              $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (ii)    Consolidated Net Worth, which is total stockholders' equity of
                                                   NovaCare and its Subsidiaries as of the Pooling Date                    $
                                                                                                                            -------

                                           (iii)   Sum of (i) and (ii) equals Capitalization                               $
                                                                                                                            -------
</TABLE>
                          (B)     Funded Debt to Cash Flow From Operations.
                                  (Section 8.02(n)).  The ratio of (i)
                                  Consolidated Funded Debt on the Pooling Date
                                  to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                  Operations for the four fiscal quarters
                                  ending immediately prior to the Pooling Date
                                  is _______ to 1.0.  Such ratio must not be
                                  more than the following ratios for the
                                  following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                                     Ratio
                                  ------                                     -----
                          <S>     <C>                                       <C>
                                  July 1, 1994 through
                                  June 30, 1995                              3.00 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1995 through
                                  June 30, 1996                              2.75 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1996 and
                                  thereafter                                 2.50 to 1.00

</TABLE>
<TABLE>
                          <S>                                                                                               <C>
                          (a)     Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of the foregoing ratio (amount from
                                  clause (vi) of Paragraph 6(A)(a) above)                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
                          (b)     Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations, the
                                  denominator of the foregoing ratio, for the
                                  four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior
                                  to the Pooling Date is determined as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (i)      Net Income                                                                       $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (ii)     Depreciation                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (iii)    Amortization                                                                     $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (iv)     Other non-cash charges to net income                                             $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (v)      Interest Expense                                                                 $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>   57
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 6

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (vi)     Income Tax Expense                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (vii)    Sum of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)                                      $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (viii)   Non-cash credits to net income                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (ix)     Item (vii) reduced by item (viii) equals Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                           Operations                                                                       $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
                 (7)      Indebtedness Assumed (Sections 8.02(a)(vii)).

                          (c)     Proposed Pooling.  The following is a list of
                                  Indebtedness of the Pooling Partner and its
                                  Subsidiaries (if any) which will be assumed
                                  or otherwise will remain outstanding
                                  following the Proposed Pooling:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Collateral
                                                        Entity which         security
                                                        will be liable       securing the      Amount
                                                        therefor after       Indebtedness      of
                                  Creditor              Pooling              (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  --------              -------              --------          ------------

                                  <S>                   <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------
                                                                                               $
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------         -------

                                                        Total                                  $
                                                                                                =======
</TABLE>

                                  We are simultaneously sending you copies of
                                  the agreements governing the Indebtedness
                                  listed above.

                          (d)     Aggregate Limit (Section 8.02(a)(vii)).  The
                                  sum of the Indebtedness to be assumed in
                                  connection with the Proposed Pooling
                                  described in paragraph (a) above together
                                  with Indebtedness assumed by the Loan Parties
                                  in connection with Permitted Poolings during
                                  the current fiscal year is $________ which is
                                  less than $100,000,000, the maximum amount
                                  permitted to be assumed during the current
                                  fiscal year.  The amount of such Indebtedness
                                  is computed as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (i)      Total from paragraph (a) above                                                   $
                                                                                                                             -------

                                  (ii)     Indebtedness either (1) previously assumed by acquiring Loan Parties in
                                           Permitted Poolings during the current fiscal year, or (2) of Pooling
                                           Partners and their Subsidiaries whose stock or other ownership interests
                                           were previously acquired in Permitted Poolings during the current fiscal
                                           year, including, in the case of both (1) and (2), any Indebtedness which
                                           has been repaid since the date of the pooling as well as debt which
</TABLE>
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 7

                                        remains outstanding on the date of this
                                        certificate:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Loan Party
                                  which assumed                         Collateral
                                  Indebtedness or                       securing
                                  Pooling Partner         Date of       the
                                  whose stock             Permitted     Indebted-              Amount of
                                  was acquired            Pooling       ness (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  ------------            -------       -------------          ------------
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                    <C>

                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------

                                  Total                                                        $          
                                                                                                ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) plus (ii) (may not exceed $100,000,000)                               $
                                                                                                                             -------

</TABLE>
                          (e)     Lease Obligations.  Listed below are the
                                  future minimum lease payments under each
                                  non-cancellable lease of the Pooling Partner
                                  and its Subsidiaries (if any) (i) which will
                                  be assumed or otherwise will remain
                                  outstanding after the Proposed Pooling, and
                                  (ii) under which the annual lease payments
                                  exceed $250,000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Future Minimum
                                  Lessor                         Expiration Date            Lease Payments
                                  ------                         ----------------           --------------
                                  <S>                            <C>                        <C>
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                                                 Total                      $
                                                                                             =============
</TABLE>

                 (8)      Attached Financial Statements.  Attached hereto are
true and correct copies of (i) the consolidated balance sheets and income
statements of Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries for the prior three fiscal
years and the interim statements ending on ______________, (ii) any financial
projections with respect to the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries received
from Pooling Partner or prepared by the Loan Parties, and (iii) any revised
budgets, and accompanying forecasts and projections prepared by NovaCare
projecting its and its Subsidiaries' operations on a consolidated basis and
separately for each line of business which have not previously been delivered
to the Banks.

                 (9)      Representations and Warranties.  After giving effect
to the Proposed Pooling, any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or debt
to be assumed in connection therewith, the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement will be true on and as of the
Pooling Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the Pooling Date (except representations and
warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time, which
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of
the specific dates or times referred to therein) and the
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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Loan Parties shall have performed and complied with all covenants and
conditions of the Credit Agreement.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate this _____ day of ___________, 19__.

                                                   NOVACARE, INC.


                                                   By:
                                                      -------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                        -----------------------
                                                   Title:
                                                         ----------------------

                 NovaCare is enclosing the following with this Certificate:

<TABLE>
                 <S>      <C>                                                                                               <C>
                 1.       Joinder documentation described in Paragraph 5                                                  
                                                                                                                            --------
                 2.       Agreements governing assumed Indebtedness described in Paragraph 7(a)                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 3.       Financial Statements of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(i)                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            --------
                 4.       Financial projections of the Pooling Partner and its Subsidiaries described in Paragraph
                          8(ii)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            --------
                 5.       Budget, forecasts and projections described in Paragraph 8(iii)                                   
                                                                                                                            --------
</TABLE>
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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                                    ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY EACH BANK 
                                    WHICH HAS EXECUTED THIS CERTIFICATE
                                    BELOW AS OF THE _________ DAY OF
                                    _____________________, 19___.


                                    PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

                                    CORESTATES BANK, N.A.


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------



                                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------



                                    MELLON BANK, N.A.


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------


                                    NATIONSBANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

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_______________, 19___
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                                    NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK USA


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------


                                    FLEET BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS, N.A.


                                    By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                    Title:
                                          --------------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT H

                                               [TO BE USED FOR CERTAIN PERMITTED
                                               PURCHASES]


                               EXHIBIT 1.01(P)(2)

                   PERMITTED PURCHASES APPROVAL CERTIFICATE -
                                 REQUIRED BANKS


                             _______________, 19__


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  as Agent for the Banks party
  to the Credit Agreement Referred to Below
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265


Ladies and Gentlemen:

                 I refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of May _____, 1994
(as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") among NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("NovaCare"), each of
the other Borrowers and the Guarantors that are parties thereto (the "Loan
Parties"), the Banks party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent
for such Banks.  This Certificate is delivered pursuant to clause (D) of the
definition of Permitted Purchase contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement in connection with the proposed purchase transaction described below.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used
herein with the same meanings.

                 I, ______________, [President/Chief Executive Officer/Chief
Financial Officer] of NovaCare, do hereby certify as of the date hereof, as
follows:

                 (1)      Description of Proposed Permitted Purchase.  NovaCare
desires that ____________________ [List Loan Party(s) that will be making the
Acquisition] (the "Acquiring Loan Party") [acquire the assets/acquire the stock
or other ownership interest/merge with/or merge into] ____________________
[Insert name of entity whose assets are being acquired or whose stock or other
ownership interest is being acquired] (the "Seller") (the "Acquisition").

                          (i)     The Seller is ____________________ [type of 
                                  entity and jurisdiction of organization].

                          (ii)    The Acquisition is scheduled to close on 
                                  ____________________, 19___ (the "Purchase 
                                  Date").

                          (iii)   The assets and businesses of the Seller are
                                  located in ____________________ [list
                                  locations and describe assets or business in
                                  those locations].

                          (iv)    The Acquisition shall be an [Asset
                                  Acquisition/Stock Acquisition] (see Section
                                  1.01 of the Credit Agreement for definition
                                  of these terms).
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_______________, 19___
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                 (2)      Purchase Price; Assumed Indebtedness.  (Clause (D) of
                          definition of Permitted Purchase).

                          (A)     Purchase Price.  The Purchase Price in
                                  connection with the proposed Acquisition is
                                  $_______________ computed in accordance with
                                  GAAP as set forth below.

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                            <C>
                                  (i)      Cash to be paid at Closing                                                     $
                                                                                                                           -------

                                  (ii)     Amount of deferred payments                                                    $
                                                                                                                           -------

                                  (iii)    Stock, securities or other consideration to be given by Loan Parties
                                           (describe):  ____________________                                              $       
                                                                                                                           -------
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                          
                                  (iv)     Other amounts to be added or subtracted (describe):  _________________         $
                                                                                                                           -------

                                           Total                                                                          $
                                                                                                                           =======
</TABLE>

                          (B)     Assumed Indebtedness - This Acquisition.  The
                                  following is a list of (1) the Indebtedness
                                  to be assumed by the Loan Parties in
                                  connection with the Acquisition, and (2) the
                                  Indebtedness of the Seller which shall remain
                                  outstanding following the Acquisition (this
                                  number (2) applies only if the Acquisition is
                                  a Stock Acquisition):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Collateral
                                                                             security
                                                        Obligor              securing the
                                                        on the               Indebtedness      Amount of
                                  Creditor              Indebtedness         (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  --------              ------------         --------          ------------

                                  <S>                   <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------        $
                                                                                                -------
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------        $
                                                                                                -------
                                  ----------------      --------------       ----------        $
                                                                                                -------
                                                        Total                                  $
                                                                                                =======
</TABLE>

                                  We are simultaneously sending you copies of
                                  the agreements governing the Indebtedness
                                  listed above.

                          (C)     Assumed Indebtedness - Aggregate Limitations
                                  (Section 8.02(a)(vi)).  The amount of
                                  Indebtedness of the Loan Parties described in
                                  Section 8.02(a)(vi) of the Credit Agreement
                                  shall be $__________ on the Purchase Date
                                  which is less than $20,000,000, the maximum
                                  permitted amount.  The amount of such
                                  Indebtedness is computed as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                             <C>
                                  (i)      Purchase Money Security Interests entered into in the ordinary course of
                                           business                                                                        $       
                                                                                                                            -------

</TABLE>

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                                  (ii)     Indebtedness Assumed in Permitted
                                           Purchases - Indebtedness (including
                                           extensions and renewals thereof)
                                           either (1) assumed by Loan Parties
                                           pursuant to acquisitions of the
                                           assets of other persons (by
                                           purchase, merger or otherwise) in
                                           Permitted Purchases (including the
                                           proposed Acquisition) between the
                                           Closing Date and the Purchase Date
                                           or (2) of corporations, partnerships
                                           or other entities whose stock,
                                           partnership interests or other
                                           ownership interests were acquired by
                                           Loan Parties (by purchase, merger or
                                           otherwise) in Permitted Purchases
                                           between the Closing Date and the
                                           Purchase Date, which in the case of
                                           either (1) or (2) above remains
                                           outstanding on the Purchase Date:

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                     <C>
                                           (a)     Indebtedness assumed in the proposed Acquisition (from paragraph
                                                   (B) above)                                                              $
                                                                                                                            --------

                                           (b)     Indebtedness assumed in prior Permitted Purchases:
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Loan Party                            Collateral
                                  which is                              securing
                                  now liable              Date of       the
                                  on the                  Permitted     Indebtedness           Indebtedness
                                  Indebtedness            Purchase      (if any)               Outstanding
                                  ------------            --------      --------               -----------
                                  <S>                    <C>            <C>                    <C>
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------

                                                          Total                                $          
                                                                                                ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                                  <S>     <C>                                                                              <C>
                                           (c)     Sum of (a) plus (b)                                                     $       
                                                                                                                            =======
                                  (iii)    Sum of Lines (i) and (ii)(c) (may not exceed $20,000,000)                       $     
                                                                                                                            =======
</TABLE>

                          (D)     Lease Obligations.  Listed below are the
                                  future minimum lease payments under each
                                  non-cancellable lease of the Seller and its
                                  Subsidiaries (if any) (i) which will be
                                  assumed or otherwise will remain outstanding
                                  after the Acquisition, and (ii) under which
                                  the annual lease payments exceed $250,000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Future Minimum
                                  Lessor                         Expiration Date            Lease Payments
                                  ------                        -----------------           --------------
                                  <S>                            <C>                        <C>
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------
                                  ----------------------         ---------------            --------------

                                                                 Total                      $
                                                                                             =============
</TABLE>
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                 (3)      Lines of Business (Clause (A) of definition of
Permitted Purchase).  The Seller is engaged in the business of
_____________________________________________, which complies with Section
8.02(g) of the Credit Agreement.

                 (4)      Events of Default or Potential Default (Paragraph (B)
of definition of Permitted Purchase).  On the Purchase Date and after giving
effect to the Acquisition and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or
debt to be assumed in connection therewith, no event shall have occurred and be
continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default.

                 (5)      Joinder of the Seller and its Subsidiaries and Pledge
of their Stock (Paragraph (C) of definition of Permitted Purchase).  The
following is a complete list of the corporations, partnerships or other
entities:  (i) whose stock or other ownership interests will be acquired by one
or more Loan Parties in the Acquisition, (ii) which have been or will be formed
by the Loan Parties pursuant to the Acquisition, (iii) which are Subsidiaries
or Minority Subsidiaries of the entities listed in (i) and (ii) above:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Is the
                                                            Person who                        Entity
                                         Type of            holds its                         Joining
                                         Entity and         Stock or         Percentage       the
                                         Jurisdic-          other            of total         Credit
                          Name of        tion of            ownership        ownership        Agreement
                          Entity         Organization       Interests        held             (yes/no)
                          ------         ------------       ---------        ----             --------

                          <S>            <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
                          --------       ----------         ----------       ---------        --------
</TABLE>

We are simultaneously delivering to the Agent Guaranty Agreements, Pledge
Agreements, an opinion of counsel and certified copies of organizational
documents, pursuant to which each entity listed above which is a Qualified
Subsidiary shall join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and the stock of such
Qualified Subsidiary shall be pledged to the Agent for the benefit of the
Banks, in each instance on the Purchase Date.  (The procedures for such
joinders are described in Section 11.18 of the Credit Agreement.  A Qualifying
Subsidiary is an entity of which NovaCare or NovaCare's Subsidiaries hold 80%
or more of the ownership interests as more fully set forth in the Credit
Agreement.)

                 (6)      Financial Covenant Compliance (Paragraph (E) of
definition of Permitted Purchase).  On the Purchase Date and after giving
effect to the Acquisition and any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or
debt to be assumed in connection therewith, but otherwise on the basis of the
most recent financial statements of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries delivered
pursuant to Section 8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement and of the Seller and its
Subsidiaries as attached hereto pursuant to Paragraph (8), the Loan Parties
shall be in compliance with the following financial covenants:

                          (A)     Funded Debt to Capitalization.  (Section
                                  8.02(m)).  On the Purchase Date, the ratio of
                                  (i) Consolidated Funded Debt to (ii)
                                  Capitalization shall be __________ to 1.0.
                                  Such ratio must not be more than the
                                  following ratios for the following periods:
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_______________, 19___
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                                     Ratio
                                  ------                                     -----
                                  <S>                                        <C>
                                  Closing Date through
                                  June 30, 1995                              .55 to 1.0

                                  July 1, 1995 and
                                  thereafter                                 .50 to 1.0

</TABLE>
                                  (a)      Consolidated Funded Debt, the 
                                           numerator of the foregoing ratio, 
                                           is determined as follows:

                                           Indebtedness of NovaCare and its
                                           Subsidiaries to persons other than
                                           NovaCare and its Subsidiaries on the
                                           Purchase Date in respect of, without
                                           duplication:

<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (i)     Borrowed money                                                           $       
                                                                                                                             -------

                                           (ii)    Amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note                      
                                                   purchase or acceptance credit facility                                   $ 
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, currency                  
                                                   swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor                        
                                                   agreement or other interest rate management device                       $ 
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iv)    Other transactions (including without limitation forward sale or
                                                   purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales
                                                   agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money
                                                   entered into to finance operations or capital requirements (but
                                                   not including trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in
                                                   the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a
                                                   promissory note)                                                         $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (v)     any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed money                          $ 
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (vi)    Sum of (i) through (v) equals Consolidated Funded Debt                   $  
                                                                                                                             -------

</TABLE>

                                  (b)      Capitalization, the denominator of
                                           the foregoing ratio, is determined
                                           as follows as of the Purchase Date:
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<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (i)     Consolidated Funded Debt (amount from clause (vi) of Paragraph
                                                   (a) above)                                                               $       
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ii)    Consolidated Net Worth, which is total stockholders' equity of                   
                                                   NovaCare and its Subsidiaries as of the Purchase Date                    $       
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Sum of (i) and (ii) equals Capitalization                                $       
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>

                          (B)     Funded Debt to Cash Flow From Operations.
                                  (Section 8.02(n)).  The ratio of (i)
                                  Consolidated Funded Debt on the Purchase Date
                                  to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                  Operations for the four fiscal quarters
                                  ending immediately prior to the Purchase Date
                                  is __________ to 1.0.  Such ratio must not be
                                  more than the following ratios for the
                                  following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Period                                     Ratio
                                  ------                                     -----
                                  <S>                                        <C>
                                  July 1, 1994 through
                                  June 30, 1995                              3.00 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1995 through
                                  June 30, 1996                              2.75 to 1.00

                                  July 1, 1996 and
                                  thereafter                                 2.50 to 1.00
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                              <C>
                                  (a)      Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of the foregoing ratio (amount
                                           from clause (vi) of Paragraph 6(A)(a) above)                                     $       
                                                                                                                             -------
                                  (b)      Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                           Operations, the denominator of the
                                           foregoing ratio, for the four fiscal
                                           quarters ending immediately prior to
                                           the Purchase Date is determined as
                                           follows:

                                           (i)     Net Income                                                               $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ii)    Depreciation                                                             $ 
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iii)   Amortization                                                             $  
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (iv)    Other non-cash charges to net income                                     $   
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (v)     Interest Expense                                                         $    
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (vi)    Income Tax Expense                                                       $     
                                                                                                                             -------

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
                                           <S>     <C>                                                                      <C>
                                           (vii)   Sum of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)                              $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (viii)  Non-cash credits to net income                                           $
                                                                                                                             -------
                                           (ix)    Item (vii) reduced by item (viii) equals Consolidated Cash Flow
                                                   from Operations                                                          $
                                                                                                                             -------
</TABLE>
                 (7)      Permitted Purchase Compliance.  (Clause (E) of
definition of Permitted Purchase).  On the Purchase Date and after giving
effect to the Acquisition, the Purchase Price for such Acquisition, when
aggregated with the Purchase Price of all other Permitted Purchases which
occurred during the period beginning on the Effective Date through and
including the date of determination is $_______________, which is less than or
equal to the amount of $160,000,000.

                 (8)      Attached Financial Statements.  Attached hereto are
true and correct copies of (i) the consolidated balance sheets and income
statements of Seller and its Subsidiaries for their immediately preceding
fiscal year and all other financial statements delivered by the Seller in
connection with the Acquisition which consist of the following
_______________________________ [list]; (ii) any financial projections with
respect to the Seller and its Subsidiaries received from the Seller or prepared
by the Loan Parties; and (iii) any revised budgets, and accompanying forecasts
and projections prepared by NovaCare projecting its and its Subsidiaries'
operations on a consolidated basis and separately for each line of business
which have not previously been delivered to the Banks.

                 (9)      Representations and Warranties.  After giving effect
to the Acquisition, any new Revolving Credit Loans to be requested or debt to
be assumed in connection therewith, the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement shall be true on and as of the
Purchase Date with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on and as of the Purchase Date (except representations
and warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time, which
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct on and as of
the specific dates or times referred to therein) and the Loan Parties shall
have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions of the Credit
Agreement.
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_______________, 19___
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                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate this _____ day of ___________, 19__.

                                                   NOVACARE, INC.


                                                   By:
                                                      -------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                        -----------------------
                                                   Title:
                                                         ----------------------
                                                                               

                 NovaCare is enclosing the following with this Certificate:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                     NovaCare to
                                                                                                                       Check if
                                                                                                                       Enclosed
                                                                                                                       --------
                 <S>      <C>                                                                                            <C>
                 1.       Agreements governing assumed Indebtedness described in Paragraph 2(B)                          -------

                 2.       Joinder documentation described in Paragraph 5                                                 -------

                 3.       Financial Statements of the Seller and its
                          Subsidiaries described in Paragraph 8(i)                                                       -------

                 4.       Financial projections of the Seller and its
                          Subsidiaries described in Paragraph 8(ii)                                                      -------

                 5.       Budget, forecasts and projections described in
                          Paragraph 8(iii)                                                                               -------
</TABLE>
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY BANKS:

NovaCare to initial either (a) or (b) below as applicable:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                          Initial
                                                                                                                         Applicable
                                                                                                                             Line   
                                                                                                                         ----------

<S>      <C>                                                                                                             <C>
(a)      Each Bank shall be deemed to approve of this
         certification unless it notifies NovaCare in wiring
         within seven (7) Business Days after it receives a
         copy of this certification that it disapproves of this
         certification because both of the following
         are true:

         (1)     the Purchase Price listed in Paragraph 2(A) of
                 this certificate is less than or equal to $30,000,000

                 and

         (2)     the amount of the Assumed Indebtedness set forth
                 in Paragraph 2(B) of this certificate is less than
                 or equal to $15,000,000                                                                                 ----------

(b)      Each Bank shall be deemed to approve of this
         certification only by notifying NovaCare in writing
         of its approval because either of the following is true:

         (1)     the Purchase Price set forth in Paragraph 2(A)
                 of this certificate is greater than $30,000,000

                 or

         (2)     the amount of Assumed Indebtedness set forth in
                 Paragraph 2(B) of this certificate is greater
                 than $15,000,000                                                                                        ----------
</TABLE>
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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Banks to Sign and Initial Approval or Disapproval:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Approve                  Disapprove
                                                            -------                  ----------
<S>                                                         <C>                      <C>
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


By:                                                         
    ---------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name: 
       ------------------------------------
Title: 
       ------------------------------------

CORESTATES BANK, N.A.

By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
OF NORTH CAROLINA

By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------

MELLON BANK, N.A.


By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------

NATIONSBANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A.


By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK USA


By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------

FLEET BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS, N.A.


By:                                                                                                   
   ----------------------------------------                 -----------------        -----------------
Name:                                      
     --------------------------------------
Title:                                     
      -------------------------------------
</TABLE>
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                                   EXHIBIT I



                              EXHIBIT 8.01(m)(iii)

                             COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


                           ____________________, 19__


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  as Agent for the Banks party
  to the Credit Agreement Referred to Below
Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15265


Ladies and Gentlemen:

                          I refer to the Credit Agreement dated as of May ____,
1994 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") among NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("NovaCare"), and the
other Borrowers and the Guarantors under such Credit Agreement (collectively,
the "Loan Parties"), the Banks party thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Agent for such Banks.  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.

                 I, ______________________________, [President/Chief Executive
Officer/Chief Financial Officer] of NovaCare, do hereby certify pursuant to
Section 8.01(m)(iii) of the Credit Agreement on behalf of NovaCare as of the
[fiscal quarter/year ended _______________, 19___] the "Report Date"), as
follows:

                 (1)      Minimum Current Ratio.  (Section 8.02(k)).  The ratio
                          of (i) consolidated current assets of NovaCare and
                          its Subsidiaries to (ii) consolidated current
                          liabilities of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries
                          calculated as of the Report Date is __________ to 1.0
                          which is not less than the permitted ratio of 2.0 to
                          1.0.

                 (2)      Minimum Net Worth.  (Section 8.02(l)).  As of the
                          Report Date, the Consolidated Net Worth is
                          $__________ which is not less than the Minimum Net
                          Worth Requirement which is $__________.  Such amounts
                          are computed as follows:

                          (A)     Consolidated Net Worth as of the Report Date:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>                                                   <C>
                                  Total stockholders' equity of NovaCare
                                  and its Subsidiaries                                  $
                                                                                         -------
</TABLE>
          (B)     Minimum Net Worth Requirement as of the Report Date:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>                                             <C>
                                  (i)                                             $375,250,000
</TABLE>

                                  (ii)     Seventy-five percent (75%) of
                                           Consolidated Net Income of NovaCare
                                           and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal
                                           quarter in which net income was
                                           earned (as opposed to a net loss)
                                           from March 31, 1994 through (and
                                           including) the Report Date computed
                                           as follows:
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_______________, 19___
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<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                              <C>
                                           (a)     consolidated net income                   $
                                                                                              -------
                                           (b)     Less: increases in net income resulting
                                                   from changes in GAAP after
                                                   Closing Date                             [$       ]
                                                                                              -------
                                           (c)     Plus: decreases in net
                                                   income resulting from
                                                   changes in GAAP after
                                                   Closing Date                              $
                                                                                              -------
                                           (d)     Subtotal sum of (a), (b)
                                                   and (c)                                   $
                                                                                              -------
                                           (e)     Line (d) times 75%                                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    One hundred percent (100%) of all proceeds received by NovaCare in
                                           connection with the sale of shares of its capital stock after deducting
                                           any expenses associated with such sale (including proceeds from
                                           conversion of the Subordinated Debentures) during the period from March
                                           31, 1994 through (and including) the Report Date                             $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iv)     Sum of (i), (ii) and (iii) equals Minimum Net Worth Requirement              $
                                                                                                                         -------

</TABLE>
                 (3)      Funded Debt to Capitalization.  (Section 8.02(m)).
                          As of the Report Date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated
                          Funded Debt to (ii) Capitalization is __________ to
                          1.0.  Such ratio must not be more than the following
                          ratios for the following periods:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Period                                             Ratio
                          ------                                             -----
                          <S>                                                <C>
                          Closing Date through
                          June 30, 1995                                      .55 to 1.0

                          July 1, 1995 and
                          thereafter                                         .50 to 1.0

</TABLE> 
                          (A)     Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of 
                                  the foregoing ratio, is determined as follows:

                                  Indebtedness of NovaCare and its Subsidiaries
                                  on the Report Date to persons other than
                                  NovaCare and its Subsidiaries in respect of,
                                  without duplication:
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 3

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Borrowed money                                                               $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ii)     Amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or
                                           acceptance credit facility                                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    Reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, currency swap
                                           agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other
                                           interest rate management device                                              $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iv)     Other transactions (including without limitation forward sale or purchase
                                           agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having
                                           the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into to finance
                                           operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and
                                           accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are
                                           not represented by a promissory note)                                        $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (v)      any guaranty of indebtedness for borrowed money                              $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (vi)     Sum of (i) through (v) equals Consolidated Funded Debt                       $
                                                                                                                         -------

</TABLE>

                          (B)     Capitalization, the denominator of the 
                                  foregoing ratio, is determined as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Consolidated Funded Debt (amount from clause (vi) of Paragraph (A) above)    $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ii)     Consolidated Net Worth, which is total stockholders' equity of NovaCare
                                           and its Subsidiaries as of the Report Date                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    Sum of (i) and (ii) equals Capitalization                                    $
                                                                                                                         -------
</TABLE>
                 (4)      Funded Debt to Cash Flow From Operations.  (Section
                          8.02(n)).  The ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt
                          on the Report Date to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow
                          from Operations for the four fiscal quarters ending
                          on the Report Date is __________ to 1.0.  Such ratio
                          must not be more than the following ratios for the
                          following periods:
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 4


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Period                                             Ratio
                          ------                                             -----
                          <S>                                                <C>
                          July 1, 1994 through
                          June 30, 1995                                      3.00 to 1.00

                          July 1, 1995 through
                          June 30, 1996                                      2.75 to 1.00

                          July 1, 1996 and
                          thereafter                                         2.50 to 1.00
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                          <S>     <C>                                                                                   <C>
                          (A)     Consolidated Funded Debt, the numerator of the foregoing ratio (amount from
                                  Paragraph 3(A) above)                                                                 $
                                                                                                                         -------

</TABLE> 
                          (B)     Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations, the
                                  denominator of the foregoing ratio, for the
                                  four fiscal quarters ending on the Report
                                  Date is determined as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Net Income                                                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ii)     Depreciation                                                                 $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    Amortization                                                                 $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iv)     Other non-cash charges to net income                                         $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (v)      Interest Expense                                                             $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (vi)     Income Tax Expense                                                           $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (vii)    Sum of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi)                                  $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (viii)   Non-cash credits to net income                                               $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ix)     Item (vii) reduced by item (viii) equals Consolidated Cash Flow from
                                           Operations                                                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
</TABLE> 
                 (5)      Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  (Section
                          8.02(o)).  The ratio of (i) Consolidated Earnings
                          Available for Fixed Charges to (ii) Consolidated
                          Fixed Charges for the four fiscal quarters ending on
                          the Report Date is __________ to 1.0.  Such ratio
                          must not be less than the following ratios for the
                          following periods:
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Period                                             Ratio
                          ------                                             -----
                          <S>                                                <C>
                          July 1, 1994 through
                          June 30, 1996                                      2.5 to 1.0

                          July 1, 1996 and
                          thereafter                                         3.0 to 1.0

</TABLE>
                          (A)     Consolidated Earnings Available for Fixed
                                  Charges, the numerator of the foregoing ratio
                                  is determined as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Net income                                                                   $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ii)     Interest expense                                                             $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    Income tax expense                                                           $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iv)     Operating lease expense                                                      $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (v)      The sum of (i) through (iv)                                                  $
                                                                                                                         -------
</TABLE>  

                          (B)     Consolidated Fixed Charges, the denominator
                                  of the foregoing ratio, for the four fiscal
                                  quarters ending on the Report Date, is
                                  determined as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Interest expense                                                             $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (ii)     Operating lease expense                                                      $
                                                                                                                         -------
                                  (iii)    The sum of (i) and (ii)                                                      $
                                                                                                                         -------
</TABLE> 

                 (6)      Indebtedness Under and Investments in Repurchase
                          Agreements and Reverse Repurchase Agreements
                          (Sections 8.02(a)(ii) and 8.02(i)).  As of the Report
                          Date:

                          (a)     Reverse Repurchase Agreements (Section
                                  8.02(a)(iv)).  The Loan Parties had
                                  $__________ of Permitted Reverse Repurchase
                                  Agreements outstanding which is less than
                                  __________, the permitted amount as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Report Date                                Permitted Amount
                                  -----------                                ----------------
                                  <S>                                        <C>
                                  Between Closing Date and
                                  August 31, 1994                            $50,000,000

                                  After August 31, 1994                      $25,000,000
</TABLE>

                          (b)     Repurchase Agreements (Section 8.02(i) and
                                  definition of "Permitted Investments").  The
                                  Loan Parties had $__________ of repurchase
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 6

                                  agreements outstanding which is less than the
                                  permitted amount of $50,000,000.

                 (7)      Indebtedness Assumed in Permitted Acquisitions;
                          Purchase Money Security Interests (Sections
                          8.02(a)(vi) and (vii)).

                          (a)     Permitted Purchases and Purchase Money
                                  Security Interests (Section 8.02(a)(vi)).
                                  The amount of Indebtedness of the Loan
                                  Parties described in Section 8.02(a)(vi) of
                                  the Credit Agreement is $__________ on the
                                  Report Date which is less than $20,000,000,
                                  the maximum permitted amount.  The amount of
                                  such Indebtedness is computed as follows:

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (i)      Purchase Money Security Interests entered into in the ordinary course of
                                           business                                                                     $
                                                                                                                         -------
</TABLE> 

                                  (ii)     Permitted Purchases - Indebtedness
                                           (including extensions and renewals
                                           thereof) either (1) assumed by Loan
                                           Parties pursuant to acquisitions of
                                           the assets of other persons (by
                                           purchase, merger or otherwise) in
                                           Permitted Purchases between the
                                           Closing Date and the Report Date or
                                           (2) of corporations, partnerships or
                                           other entities whose stock,
                                           partnership interests or other
                                           ownership interests were acquired by
                                           Loan Parties (by purchase, merger or
                                           otherwise) in Permitted Purchases
                                           between the Closing Date and the
                                           Report Date, which in the case of
                                           either (1) or (2) above remains
                                           outstanding on the Report Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Loan Party                            Collateral
                                  which is                              securing
                                  now liable              Date of       the
                                  on the                  Permitted     Indebtedness           Indebtedness
                                  Indebtedness            Purchase      (if any)               Outstanding
                                  ------------            --------      --------               -----------
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                    <C>
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------

                                                          Total                                $          
                                                                                                ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                                  <S>      <C>                                                                          <C>
                                  (iii)    Sum of Lines (i) and (ii) (may not exceed $20,000,000)                       $
                                                                                                                         =======

</TABLE>
                          (b)     Permitted Poolings (Section 8.02(a)(vii)).
                                  The amount of Indebtedness of the Loan
                                  Parties described in Section 8.02(a)(vii) of
                                  the Credit Agreement incurred during the
                                  current fiscal year was $__________ which is
                                  less than $100,000,000, the maximum amount
                                  permitted to be incurred during the current
                                  fiscal year.  The amount of such Indebtedness
                                  is computed as follows:
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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                                  Indebtedness either (1) assumed by acquiring
                                  Loan Parties in Permitted Poolings during the
                                  current fiscal year, or (2) of Pooling
                                  Partners and their Subsidiaries whose stock
                                  or other ownership interests were acquired in
                                  Permitted Poolings during the current fiscal
                                  year, including in the case of both (1) and
                                  (2) any Indebtedness which has been repaid
                                  since the date of the pooling as well as
                                  Indebtedness which remains outstanding on the
                                  date of this certificate.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Loan Party
                                  which assumed                         Collateral
                                  Indebtedness or                       securing
                                  Pooling Partner         Date of       the
                                  whose stock             Permitted     Indebted-              Amount of
                                  was acquired            Pooling       ness (if any)          Indebtedness
                                  ------------            -------       -------------          ------------

                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                    <C>
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
                                                                                               $          
                                  ----------------        ----------    -------------           ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                                  <S>                                                          <C>
                                  Total (may not exceed $100,000,000)                          $          
                                                                                                ----------
</TABLE>

                 (8)      Permitted Additional Institutional Indebtedness
                          (Section 8.02(a)(ix) and definition of "Permitted
                          Additional Institutional Indebtedness").  The
                          following is a list of Permitted Additional
                          Institutional Indebtedness outstanding on the Report
                          Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Documen-tation
                                                                                               governing
                                                                                               debt
                                                                                               has been
                                                                                               delivered
                                                          Loan                                 to Agent**
                                  Lender                  Party         Amount                 (yes/no)
                                  ------                  -----         ------                 --------
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                    <C>
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
</TABLE>

                                  **Documentation governing Indebtedness should
                                  be enclosed with the certificate if it has
                                  not previously been delivered to Agent

                 (9)      Permitted Additional Subordinated Indebtedness in
                          Excess of $5,000,000 (Section 8.02(a)(x) and
                          definition of "Permitted Additional Subordinated
                          Indebtedness").  The following is a list of all
                          Permitted Additional Subordinated Indebtedness
                          outstanding on the Report Date which individually
                          exceeds $5,000,000:
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Documen-tation
                                                                                               governing
                                                                                               debt
                                                                                               has been
                                                                                               delivered
                                                          Loan                                 to Agent**
                                  Lender                  Party         Amount                 (yes/no)
                                  ------                  -----         ------                 --------
                                  <S>                     <C>           <C>                    <C>
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
                                                                        $                                
                                  ----------------        ----------     -------------         ----------
</TABLE>

                                  **Documentation governing Indebtedness should
                                  be enclosed with the certificate if it has
                                  not previously been delivered to Agent

                 (10)     Permitted Acquisitions.  (Section 8.02(d))  The Loan
                          Parties made the following Permitted Acquisitions
                          during the quarter ending on the Report Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 Type of
                                                 Transaction
                                                 (Permitted
                                                 Purchase/                                Purchase Price/
                          Seller/                Permitted             Date of            Pooling
                          Pooling Partner        Pooling)              Closing            Consideration
                          ---------------        --------              -------            -------------
                          <S>                    <C>                   <C>                <C>                            
                          --------------------   -------------------   ---------------    -------------------
                                                                                                             
                          --------------------   -------------------   ---------------    -------------------
                                                                                                             
                          --------------------   -------------------   ---------------    -------------------
</TABLE>

                 (11)     Permitted Investment in Excluded Entities; Restricted
                          Investments in Arizona Rehab and Meridian Point
                          (Sections 8.02(f) and (i)).  The Loan Parties'
                          Restricted Investments: (a) of the type described in
                          clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of Restricted
                          Investments, in West Virginia Rehabilitation
                          Services, Inc.  ("WVRS") and American Health
                          Enterprises, Ltd. ("AHE") collectively are $_______,
                          which is less than $600,000; and (b) of the type
                          described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition
                          of Restricted Investments, in WVRS and AHE
                          collectively are $_______ which, together with the
                          actual investment set forth in the preceding clause
                          (a) is less than $30,000,000.  The Loan Parties'
                          Restricted Investments in each of the Excluded
                          Entities other than WVRS and AHE is less than
                          $10,000,000 and its aggregate Restricted Investments
                          in all Excluded Entities other than WVRS and AHE is
                          $__________ which is less than $30,000,000.  The
                          foregoing is computed below.  The table below lists
                          as of the Report Date each Subsidiary and Minority
                          Subsidiary which is not a Borrower or Guarantor
                          (whether or not the Loan Parties have made an
                          investment therein) and each Unaffiliated Managed
                          Company in which the Loan Parties have made an
                          investment.  The sum of the amounts described in the
                          following clauses (a) and (b) is $__________, which
                          is less than or equal to $7,500,000: (a) the Loan
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 9

                          Parties' Restricted Investments in Arizona
                          Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. ("Arizona Rehab") are
                          $__________; and (b) the Revolving Credit Loans
                          outstanding to Arizona Rehab are $__________.  The
                          sum of the amount described in the following clauses
                          (a) and (b) is $__________, which is less than or
                          equal to $7,500,000: (a) the Loan Parties' Restricted
                          Investments in Meridian Point Rehabilitation
                          Hospital, Inc. ("Meridian Point") are $__________;
                          and (b) the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding to
                          Meridian Point are $__________.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   (iv)
                                                                                   Other
                               (i)                                              obligations        Total
                           Investments                            (iii)          to or for       Restricted
                              in or              (ii)          Guaranties       the benefit     Investments
                          contributions        Loans to       on behalf of          of            (Sum of
         Excluded          to Excluded         Excluded         Excluded         Excluded       columns (i)
          Entity             Entity             Entity           Entity           Entity         thru (iv))
          ------             ------             ------           ------           ------         ----------
<S>                      <C>                 <C>               <C>               <C>             <C>
A. WVRS and AHE
- - - ---------------

  West Virginia
  Rehabilitation
  Services, Inc.                                                                                 $          
                         --------------      ------------      -----------       ---------        ----------

  American Health
  Enterprises,
  Ltd.                                                                                           $          
                         --------------      ------------      -----------       ---------        ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                         <S>                                                                     <C>
                         Total (must be less than $30,000,000)                                   $          
                                                                                                  ----------
</TABLE>


B. All Other Excluded Entities
- - - ------------------------------
<TABLE>
<S>                      <C>                 <C>               <C>               <C>             <C>

                                                                                                 $          
  ---------------        --------------      ------------      -----------       ---------        ----------
                                                                                                 $          
  ---------------        --------------      ------------      -----------       ---------        ----------
                                                                                                 $          
  ---------------        --------------      ------------      -----------       ---------        ----------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
                         <S>                                                                     <C>
                         Total (must be less than $30,000,000; amount for
                         each entity must be less than $10,000,000)                              $          
                                                                                                  ----------
</TABLE>

                 (12)     Events of Default or Potential Default.  No event has
                          occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event
                          of Default or Potential Default.

                 (13)     Representations and Warranties.  The representations
                          and warranties contained in Article VI of the Credit
                          Agreement are true on and as of the date hereof with
                          the same effect as though such representations and
                          warranties had been made on and as of the date hereof
                          (except representations and warranties which
                          expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time,
                          which representations and warranties shall have been
                          true and correct on and as of the specific dates or
                          times referred to therein) and the
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
_______________, 19___
Page 10

                          Loan Parties have performed and complied with all
covenants and conditions hereof.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate this ______ day of _________, 19_____.
                             
                               By:
                                  ----------------------------------------
                               Name:
                                    --------------------------------------
                               Title:
                                     -------------------------------------
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                                   EXHIBIT J


                                    FORM OF
                             REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE



$______________                                         Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
                                                              November ___, 1994



               FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, __________________, a
___________________ corporation (herein called the "Borrower"), hereby promises
to pay to the order of ________________________ (the "Bank") the lesser of (i)
the principal sum of ____________ U.S. Dollars (U.S. $_______________) or (ii)
the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans made by
the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
May 27, 1994, as amended, between [NovaCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("NovaCare")], certain Subsidiaries of NovaCare as identified on Schedule
6.01(c) thereto, the Banks party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as
Agent (as it may hereafter from time to time be amended, restated, modified or
supplemented, the "Credit Agreement"), payable on such dates as set forth in
the Credit Agreement with the entire outstanding balance, together with
interest thereon, due and payable on the Expiration Date.

               The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance
hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof at the rate or rates
per annum specified by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.01 of, or as
otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement.

               Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on the entire principal amount of the
then outstanding Loans evidenced by this Revolving Credit Note and all other
obligations due and payable by the Borrower to the Bank pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents at a rate per annum as set forth in
Section 4.03 of, or as otherwise provided for in, the Credit Agreement.  Such
interest rate will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered.

               Interest on this Note will be payable in such manner and on such
dates as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

               Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payment of
both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other
deduction of any nature at the office
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of the Agent located at One PNC Plaza, Fifth Avenue and Wood Street, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15265, in lawful money of the United States of
America in immediately available funds.

               This Revolving Credit Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes
referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and
other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants,
conditions, security interests or Liens contained or granted therein.  The
Credit Agreement among other things contains provisions for acceleration of the
maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events upon the terms and
conditions therein specified.

               All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise
defined herein, have the same meanings given to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.

               Except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the
Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and
notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or
enforcement of this Revolving Credit Note and the Credit Agreement.

               This Revolving Credit Note shall bind the Borrower and its
successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of
the Bank and its successors and assigns.  All references herein to the
"Borrower" and the "Bank" shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower and the
Bank, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns.

               This Revolving Credit Note and any other documents delivered in
connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and
thereto shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without
giving effect to its conflicts of law principles.





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              [SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 1 TO THE REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE]


               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Revolving
Credit Note by its duly authorized officers with the intention that it
constitute a sealed instrument.

ATTEST:                                              [                         ]
                                                      -------------------------


                                                     By:
- - - ------------------------------                           ----------------------
Title:                                                   Title:

[Seal]





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                                   EXHIBIT K

                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


                               November __, 1994



To:  Those Guarantors Listed
     on Schedule 6.01(c) of
     the Credit Agreement (as
     hereinafter defined)



Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 27, 1994,
as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), by and among NovaCare, Inc. and certain of
its Subsidiaries, the Banks party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association
("Agent").  All terms used herein unless otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

NovaCare, Inc. and certain of its Subsidiaries, the Banks and the Agent have
entered into that certain First Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"First Amendment").

On the date hereof, NovaCare, Inc. and certain of its Subsidiaries, the Banks
and the Agent shall enter into that certain Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement (the "Second Amendment"), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit B.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, on May 27, 1994 you entered into the Loan
Documents to which you are a party.

This letter agreement will confirm that you have read and understand the First
Amendment and Second Amendment.  You agree and acknowledge that, among other
things, that on and after the effective date of the Second Amendment, the
Revolving Credit Commitment will be increased from $115,000,000 to $175,000,000
and the Expiration Date will be extended as provided in the Second Amendment.
You hereby ratify and confirm each of the Loan Documents to which you are a
party by signing below as indicated.


Very truly yours,

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent



By:
   ----------------------------
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Intending to be legally bound
hereby, the undersigned have
accepted and agreed to the
foregoing as of the date and
year first above written.

NOVACARE, INC. and each of
the Borrowers and Guarantors
under the Credit Agreement


By:
   -------------------------------
   Timothy E. Foster, Vice President
   of each of the entities listed
   on Schedule 6.01(c) other than
   those listed below



By:
   -------------------------------
   Joseph C. O'Neil, President of
   each of the entities listed
   above his name on the signature
   lines to the Credit Agreement



By:
   -------------------------------
   Andrew J. Beck, Vice President
   of Mill River III, Inc., a
   Delaware corporation




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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(c)




                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


            AGREEMENT dated as of the 2nd day of December, 1994 by and between
NOVACARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and TIMOTHY E. FOSTER
(the "Executive").

                               W I T N E S E T H:

            WHEREAS, the Executive has served as Senior Vice President-Finance
and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 1988; and

            WHEREAS, the Executive has been appointed President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company effective October 27, 1994, and the Company
and the Executive wish to set forth the terms and conditions on which he will
serve in such position.

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

            1.     EMPLOYMENT, TERM, AUTOMATIC EXTENSION.

            1.1    Employment.  The Company agrees to employ the Executive, and
the Executive agrees to serve in the employ of the Company, for the term set
forth in Section 1.2, in the positions and with the responsibilities, duties
and authority set forth in Section 2 and on the other terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.

            1.2    Term.  The term of the Executive's employment under this
Agreement shall commence on December 2, 1994 and shall terminate on December
31, 1998, unless extended or sooner terminated in accordance with this
Agreement.

            1.3    Automatic Extension.  As of December 31, 1997, and as of
December 31 of each subsequent year (each, an "Automatic Renewal Date"), unless
either party shall have given a notice of non-extension prior to such Automatic
Renewal Date, the term of this Agreement shall be extended automatically for a
period of one year to the anniversary of the expiration date of the
then-current term of this Agreement.  Once a notice of non-extension shall have
been given by either party, there shall be no further automatic extension of
this Agreement.
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            2.     POSITION, DUTIES.

            The Executive shall serve in the positions of President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company.  The Executive shall perform, faithfully and
diligently, such duties, and shall have such responsibilities, appropriate to
said positions, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Chief
Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of the Company.  The Executive
shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  The Executive
shall devote his full time and attention to the performance of his duties and
responsibilities hereunder; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to devote time to personal business matters during non-business hours
or during business hours to the extent they do not unreasonably interfere with
his duties hereunder.

            3.     SALARY, INCENTIVE BONUS, STOCK OPTIONS.

            3.1    Salary.  During the term of this Agreement, in consideration
of the performance by the Executive of the services set forth in Section 2 and
his observance of the other covenants set forth herein, the Company shall pay
to the Executive, and the Executive shall accept, a base salary at the rate of
$425,000 per annum, payable in accordance with the standard payroll practices
of the Company.  The Executive shall be entitled to such increases in base
salary during the term hereof as shall be determined by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Company in their sole discretion, taking account of the
performance of the Company and the Executive, the size of the Company from time
to time, and other factors generally considered relevant to the salaries of
officers holding similar positions with enterprises comparable to the Company.
In no event shall the base salary of the Executive be decreased during the term
of this Agreement.

            3.2    Incentive Bonus.  (a)  In addition to the base salary
provided for in Section 3.1, the Company shall pay to the Executive an
incentive bonus with respect to each fiscal year of the Company ending during
the term of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 3.2.  The incentive
bonus for each fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the product of the Net
Income (as hereinafter defined) of the Company multiplied by the Applicable
Percentage (as hereinafter defined); provided that no incentive bonus shall be
payable with respect to a fiscal year in which Net Income is less than ninety
percent (90%) of Budgeted Net Income (as hereinafter defined).
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                   For purposes of this Section 3.2:

                         (i)   the term "Net Income" shall mean, for any fiscal
year of the Company, the consolidated after-tax profit of the Company and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries for such year, without regard to extraordinary
non-operating profits and losses such as gain from sale of operating units, as
shown in the audited financial statements of the Company for such fiscal year.
In the event of any change in the fiscal year of the Company, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to the provisions of this Section 3.2 in order to
carry out the essential intent and principles of this Section 3.2;

                         (ii)  the term "Applicable Percentage" shall mean, for
the fiscal year of the Company ending June 30, 1995, three tenths of one
percent (0.3%) of the Net Income for such fiscal year, and for each subsequent
fiscal year of the Company, one half of one percent (0.5%) of Net Income for
such fiscal year; provided that in any Fiscal Year in which Net Income is
between 90% and 99% of Budgeted Net Income, the Applicable Percentage shall be
the Applicable Percentage for such Fiscal Year determined without regard to
this proviso multiplied by the "Adjustment Percentage" in the table below
opposite the percentage (rounded down to the nearest complete percentage point)
of Budgeted Net Income attained as Net Income in such Fiscal Year:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
            Percentage of Budgeted
              Net Income Attained          Adjustment Percentage
            ----------------------         ---------------------
                     <S>                            <C>
                     90%                            45%
                     91%                            51%
                     92%                            56%
                     93%                            62%
                     94%                            67%
                     95%                            73%
                     96%                            78%
                     97%                            84%
                     98%                            89%
                     99%                            95%
</TABLE>                 

and;

                         (iii) the term "Budgeted Net Income" shall mean, for
any fiscal year of the Company, net income as set forth in the annual business
plan of the Company for such fiscal year as prepared by the Company's
management and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company; it being
agreed that for the fiscal
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year ending June 30, 1995, Budgeted Net Income shall mean the net income set
forth in the revised business plan approved by the Board of Directors on 
[  ].

                   (b)   In the event of the termination of employment of the
Executive pursuant to Section 6.1 (Death), 6.2 (Disability), Section 6.4
(Without Cause), 6.5 (Voluntary Termination), 6.6 (Constructive Termination) or
6.7 (Change of Control) of this Agreement, the Executive (or his estate or
other legal representative) shall be entitled to a bonus for the fiscal year in
which such termination takes place in an amount equal to the product of (i) the
bonus for such fiscal year determined pursuant to Section 3.2, multiplied by
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the
beginning of such fiscal year to the date of termination, and the denominator
of which is 365.  In the event of the termination of employment of the
Executive pursuant to Section 6.3 (Due Cause) of this Agreement, the Executive
shall not be entitled to a bonus for the fiscal year of the Company in which
such termination takes place.  The Executive shall not be entitled to a bonus
for any fiscal year of the Company subsequent to the fiscal year in which the
termination of his employment pursuant to Section 6.1 (Death), 6.2
(Disability), 6.3 (Due Cause) or 6.5 (Voluntary Termination) takes place.

                   (c)   The bonus payable to the Executive (or his estate or
other legal representative) for any fiscal year of the Company pursuant to this
Section 3.2 shall be paid by the Company within ten (10) days of receipt by the
Company of the audited financial statements of the Company for such fiscal
year.

            3.3    Stock Options.  (a)  On December 2, 1994, the Company
granted to the Executive, under the Company's 1986 Stock Option Plan, options
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company's common stock par value $.01 per
share ("Common Stock"), at an exercise price of $7.25 per share, which is the
market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant (the "Options").  The
Options:

                         (i)   have a term of ten (10) years from the
applicable dates of grant;

                         (ii)  become exercisable as to 20% of the shares
covered thereby on the first anniversary of the applicable dates of grant and
as to an additional 20% of such shares on each of the next four anniversaries
of such applicable dates of grant;
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                       (iii)   in the event of termination pursuant to Section
6.3 (Due Cause) or Section 6.6 (Constructive Termination), remain exercisable
for a period of three (3) months, commencing on the date of termination of
employment, but only as to those shares as to which the Options were
exercisable at the date of termination; and

                       (iv)    become exercisable in full upon a Change in
Control of the Company (as defined in Section 6.7), whether or not the
employment of the Executive shall be terminated, and upon the termination of
the employment of the Executive pursuant to Section 6.1 (Death), Section 6.2
(Disability) or Section 6.4 (Without Due Cause) and, in any such case, shall
remain exercisable for three months after the termination date, except that in
the event of termination by reason of death, they shall remain exercisable for
twelve (12) months after the termination date.

            (b)  The Executive shall be eligible for annual grants of options
to purchase an additional 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company's
executive compensation plan.

The Options are or shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement or other
appropriate documentation embodying the foregoing terms and other standard
terms and conditions not inconsistent with the foregoing terms.

            4.     EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.

            During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse the
Executive for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
him in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder, upon the
presentation of proper accounts therefor in accordance with the Company's
policies.

            5.     BENEFITS, PERQUISITES.

            5.1    Generally.  During the term of this Agreement, the Executive
will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans and programs
offered by the Company from time to time to its employees of comparable
seniority, subject to the provisions of such plans and programs as in effect
from time to time.

            5.2    Perquisites.  (a)  During the term of this Agreement, the
Company shall provide the Executive with the use of the Company's private
corporate jet for personal travel in connection with two vacations annually;
provided that the Company
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shall have no obligation to provide the Executive with the use of a private
corporate jet under this Section 5.2 during any period that the Company does
not own or lease a private corporate jet.

                   (b)  During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall
also provide the Executive with the following:  (i) a telephone in his
automobile (for which the Company shall pay for all installation, service and
other charges), (ii) first class airfare for travel in connection with the
performance of his duties hereunder, (iii) a corporate credit card of the
Executive's choosing and (iv) a four-week paid vacation each year.

            6.     TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

            6.1    Death.  In the event of the death of the Executive, the
Company shall (i) pay to the estate or other legal representative of the
Executive (a) the base salary provided for in Section 3.1 (at the annual rate
then in effect) accrued to the date of the Executive's death and not
theretofore paid to the Executive and (b) any incentive bonus which shall be or
become payable pursuant to Section 3.2.  Rights and benefits of the estate or
other legal representative or transferee of the Executive (a) with respect to
the Options shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.3 and (b) under
the benefit plans and programs of the Company shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of such plans and programs.  Neither the estate or other
legal representative of the Executive nor the Company shall have any further
rights or obligations under this Agreement, except as provided in Section 15.

            6.2    Disability.  If the Executive shall become incapacitated by
reason of sickness, accident or other physical or mental disability and shall
be unable to perform his normal duties hereunder for a period of six (6)
consecutive months, then, at any time following the conclusion of such six (6)
month period, the employment of the Executive hereunder may be terminated by
the Company or the Executive, upon thirty (30) days' notice to the other.  In
the event of such termination, the Company shall (a) pay to the Executive the
base salary provided for in Section 3.1 (at the annual rate then in effect)
accrued to the date of such termination and not theretofore paid and (b) pay to
the Executive any bonus which shall be or become payable under Section 3.2.
Rights and benefits of the Executive or his transferee (a) with respect to the
Options shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.3 and (b) under the
other benefit plans and programs of the Company shall be determined in
accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans and programs.
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                                                                               7





Neither the Executive nor the Company shall have any further rights or
obligations under this Agreement, except as provided in Sections 7, 8, 9 and
15.

            6.3    Due Cause.  The employment of the Executive hereunder may be
terminated by the Company at any time for Due Cause (as hereinafter defined).
In the event of such termination, the Company shall pay to the Executive the
base salary provided for in Section 3.1 (at the annual rate then in effect)
accrued to the date of such termination and not theretofore paid to the
Executive.  The Company shall also pay to the Executive any bonus which shall
be or become payable to the Executive under Section 3.2 with respect to any
fiscal year of the Company ended prior to the date of such termination.  Rights
and benefits of the Executive or his transferee (a) with respect to the Options
shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.3 and (b) under the benefit
plans and programs of the Company shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of such plans and programs.  For purposes hereof, "Due Cause" shall
mean (i) willful, gross neglect or willful, gross misconduct in the Executive's
discharge of his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, or (ii) the
Executive's conviction of a felony; provided, however, that the Executive shall
be given written notice by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that it
intends to terminate the Executive's employment for Due Cause, which written
notice shall specify the act or acts upon which the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company intends so to terminate the Executive's employment, and the
Executive shall then be given the opportunity, within fifteen (15) days of his
receipt of such notice, to have a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company to discuss such act or acts.  If the basis of such written notice
is other than an act or acts described in clause (ii), the Executive shall be
given seven (7) days after such meeting within which to cease or correct the
performance (or nonperformance) giving rise to such written notice and, upon
failure of the Executive within such seven (7) days to cease or correct such
performance (or nonperformance), the Executive's employment by the Company
shall automatically be terminated hereunder for Due Cause.  Neither the
Executive nor the Company shall have any further rights or obligations under
this Agreement, except as provided in Sections 7, 8, 9 and 15.

            6.4    Termination by the Company Without Cause.  (a)  The Company
may terminate the Executive's employment at any time for whatever reason it
deems appropriate or without reason; provided, however, that in the event that
such termination is not pursuant to Section 6.1 (Death), 6.2 (Disability), 6.3
(Due
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                                                                               8





Cause) or 6.5 (Voluntary Termination), the Company shall pay to the Executive:

                         (A)   on the date of termination, the base salary
provided for in Section 3.1 (at the annual rate then in effect) accrued to the
date of termination and not theretofore paid to the Executive;

                         (B)   severance pay, in the form of salary
continuation for a period ("Severance Pay Period") of two (2) years commencing
on the date of termination, at a rate equal to the base salary provided for in
Section 3.1 (at the annual rate then in effect);

                         (C)   any incentive bonus which shall be or become 
payable to the Executive pursuant to Section 3.2;

                         (D)   on a date (the "Payment Date") within ten (10)
days of receipt by the Company of the audited financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal year in which such termination shall have occurred, an
amount equal to the Final Bonus (as hereinafter defined) and, on the first
anniversary of the Payment Date, an amount equal to one-half of the Final
Bonus.  As used herein, (X) if the date of termination of the Executive's
employment shall occur during the first six months of any fiscal year of the
Company, the term "Final Bonus" shall mean an amount equal to the bonus earned
by the Executive for the last completed fiscal year of the Company preceding
the date of termination of his employment and (Y) if the date of termination of
the Executive's employment shall occur during the last six months of any fiscal
year of the Company, the term "Final Bonus" shall mean an amount equal to the
greater of (i) the bonus earned by the Executive for the last completed fiscal
year of the Company preceding the date of termination of his employment or (ii)
the bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination of employment occurs, as
determined pursuant to Section 3.2(a) and before prorating pursuant to Section
3.2(b).

            (b)  During the Severance Pay Period, the Executive shall
diligently seek other full-time employment which is suitable and appropriate in
light of his background, experience, seniority and stature.  Amounts payable to
the Executive pursuant to Section 6.4(a)(B) and 6.4(a)(D) shall be offset by
amounts earned from other employment (whether as an employee, a consultant or
otherwise) during the Severance Pay Period (provided that the Executive shall
in no event be required to refund any amounts which he has previously received
from the Company).
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            (c)  Rights and benefits of the Executive or his transferee (a)
with respect to the Options shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.3
and (b) under the other benefit plans and programs of the Company shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of such plans and programs.
Neither the Executive nor the Company shall have any further rights or
obligations under this Agreement, except as provided in Sections 7, 8, 9 and
15.

            6.5    Voluntary Termination.  The Executive may terminate his
employment with the Company at any time upon thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to the Company.  In the event of such termination (unless such
termination is within one year following a Change in Control of the Company, in
which case the provisions of Section 6.7 hereof shall be applicable), the
Company shall pay to the Executive the base salary provided for in Section 3.1
(at the annual rate then in effect) accrued to the date of such termination and
not theretofore paid to the Executive.  The Company shall also pay to the
Executive any bonus which shall be or become payable pursuant to Section 3.2.
Rights and benefits of the Executive or his transferee (a) with respect to the
Options shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.3 and (b) under the
benefit plans and programs of the Company shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions of such plans and programs.  Neither the Executive nor the
Company shall have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement,
except as provided in Sections 7, 8, 9 and 15.

            6.6  Constructive Termination.  Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if, without the Executive's consent, the Company:

                         (A)   demotes the Executive to a lesser position than
provided in Section 2;

                         (B)   causes a material change in the nature or scope
of the authorities, powers, functions, duties, or responsibilities attached to
the Executive's position as described in Section 2;

                         (C)   decreases the Executive's base salary, changes
the bonus formula provided for in Section 3 or eliminates any of the benefits
or perquisites provided for in Section 5; or

                         (D)   fails to cause the election of the Executive to
the Board of Directors of the Company;
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then, within thirty (30) days after learning of the action (or inaction), the
Executive may advise the Company in writing that the action (or inaction)
constitutes a termination of his employment by the Company pursuant to Section
4.4 (Without Cause), in which event the Company shall have thirty (30) days
(the "Correction Period") in which to correct such action (or inaction).  If
the Company does not correct such action (or inaction) during the Correction
Period, such action (or inaction) shall (unless consented to in writing by the
Executive) constitute a termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company pursuant to Section 6.4 (Without Cause) effective on the first business
day following the end of the Correction Period.

                   6.7  Termination of Employment Following a Change in
Control.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive may
terminate his employment with the Company during the one (1) year period
following a Change in Control, and such termination shall constitute a
termination of the Executive's employment by the Company pursuant to Section
6.4 (Without Cause); provided, however, that the amounts referred to in
paragraphs (A) and (B) of Section 6.4 shall be paid to the Executive in a lump
sum on the date of termination and the amounts referred to in paragraph (D) of
Section 6.4 shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the Payment Date;
and further provided that the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek
other employment and shall be under no obligation to offset any amounts earned
from such other employment (whether as an employee, a consultant or otherwise)
against such payments.  For purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control of
the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if:

                         (A)   a "person" (meaning an individual, a
partnership, or other group or association as defined in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, other than the Executive or a
group including the Executive), either (i) acquires twenty percent (20%) or
more of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company
having a right to vote in elections of directors and such acquisition shall not
have been approved within sixty (60) days following such acquisition by a
majority of the Continuing Directors (as hereinafter defined) then in office or
(ii) acquires fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the
outstanding securities of the Company having a right to vote in elections of
directors; or

                         (B)   Continuing Directors shall for any reason cease
to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; or
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                         (C)   all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company is disposed of by the Company to a party or parties other
than a subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company, pursuant to a partial or
complete liquidation of the Company, sale of assets (including stock of a
subsidiary of the Company) or otherwise.

            For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Continuing Director"
shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who either was a
member of the Board of Directors on the date hereof or who subsequently became
a Director and whose election, or nomination for election, was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then in office.

            6.8    Acceleration of Payments.  In the event that the Company
shall fail to pay to the Executive any amount payable pursuant to this Section
6 at the time such payment is due, all amounts to be paid to the Executive (or
his estate or legal representative) pursuant to this Section 6, Section 3 and
any other provision of this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable
without any further action by the Executive (or his estate or legal
representative).

            7.     CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

            7.1    Nondisclosure.  The Executive shall, during the term of this
Agreement and at all times thereafter, treat as confidential and, except as
required in the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement, not disclose, publish or otherwise make available to the public or
to any individual, firm or corporation any confidential information (as
hereinafter defined).

            7.2    Confidential Information Defined.  For the purposes hereof,
the term "confidential information" shall mean all information acquired by the
Executive in the course of the Executive's employment with the Company in any
way concerning the products, projects, activities, business or affairs of the
Company or the Company's customers, including, without limitation, all
information concerning trade secrets and the products or projects of the
Company and/or any improvements therein, all sales and financial information
concerning the Company, all customer and supplier lists, all information
concerning projects in research and development or marketing plans for any such
products or projects, and all information in any way concerning the products,
projects, activities, business or affairs of customers of the Company which is
furnished to the Executive by the Company or any of its agents or customers, as
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such; provided, however, that the term "confidential information" shall not
include information which (a) becomes generally available to the public other
than as a result of a disclosure by the Executive, (b) was available to the
Executive on a non-confidential basis prior to his employment with the Company
or (c) becomes available to the Executive on a non-confidential basis from a
source other than the Company or any of its agents or customers provided that
such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any
of such agents or customers.

            8.     INTERFERENCE WITH THE COMPANY.

            8.1    Restrictions.  The Executive acknowledges that the services
to be rendered by him to the Company are of a special and unique character.  In
order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, and in consideration
of his employment hereunder, the Executive agrees, for the benefit of the
Company, that he will not, during the period of his employment with the Company
and thereafter, for the Applicable Period (as hereinafter defined) commencing
on the date of termination of his employment with the Company:

                   (a)   engage, directly or indirectly, whether as principal,
consultant, employee, partner, stockholder, limited partner or other investor
(other than an investment of (i) not more than five percent (5%) of the stock
or equity of any corporation the capital stock of which is publicly traded or
(ii) not more than five percent (5%) of the ownership interest of any
partnership or other entity) or otherwise, within the United States of America,
with any firm or person in any activity or business venture which is in
competition with any line or lines of business being conducted by the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company at the date of termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company, accounting for ten percent (10%) or more of the
Company's consolidated gross sales, revenues or earnings before taxes for the
fiscal year ended immediately prior to the conduct in question (the
"Competition Restriction"); or

                   (b)   solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice
away from the Company any person who was an "officer" (as such term is used in
Rule 16a-1 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of the
Company, either for his own account or for any individual, firm or corporation,
whether or not such person would commit any breach of his contract of
employment by reason of leaving the service of the Company (the "Solicitation
Restriction"); or
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                   (c)   employ, directly or indirectly, any person who was an
officer (as defined above) of the Company at any time during the one year
period ending on the date of termination of the Executive's employment with the
Company, except that this restriction shall not apply in the case of any person
whose employment shall have been terminated by the Company (the "Hiring
Restriction").

            8.2    Time Periods.  As used in this Section 8, the term
"Applicable Period" shall mean:

                   (a)   twelve (12) months in the case of a termination of
employment pursuant to Section 6.3 (Due Cause);

                   (b)   twenty-four (24) months as to the Competition and
Solicitation Restrictions and twelve (12) months as to the Hiring Restriction
in the case of a termination of employment pursuant to Section 6.4 (Without Due
Cause) or Section 6.6 (Constructive Termination);

                   (c)   twenty-four (24) months as to the Competition
Restriction and twelve (12) months as to the Solicitation and Hiring
Restrictions in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 6.7 (Change in
Control); and

                   (d)   twenty-four (24) months as to the Competition and
Solicitation Restrictions and twelve (12) months as to the Hiring Restriction
in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 6.2 (Disability) or Section
6.5 (Voluntary Termination), but only if the Company gives notice to the
Executive within thirty (30) days of the date of termination of employment of
its intention to enforce such restrictions against the Executive, and subject
to the Company's continued payment to the Executive during such twenty-four
(24) month period of the base salary provided for in Section 3.1 (at the annual
rate in effect at the date of termination).

            9.     EQUITABLE RELIEF.

            In the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Executive of
any of the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 of this Agreement, the Executive
hereby consents and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction
or similar equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction
restraining the Executive from committing or continuing any such breach or
threatened breach or granting specific performance of any act required to be
performed by the Executive under any of such provisions, without the necessity
of showing any actual damage or
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that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy and without the
necessity of posting any bond or other security.  Nothing herein shall be
construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies at law or
in equity which it may have.

            10.    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

            10.1  Assignment by the Company.  The Company shall require any
successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such
succession had taken place.  As used in this Section, the "Company" shall mean
the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or
assets as aforesaid which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law and this Agreement shall be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Company, as so defined.

            10.2  Assignment by the Executive.  The Executive may not assign
this Agreement or any part thereof without the prior written consent of a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall preclude one or more beneficiaries of the Executive from
receiving any amount that may be payable following the occurrence of his legal
incompetency or his death and shall not preclude the legal representative of
his estate from receiving such amount or from assigning any right hereunder to
the person or persons entitled thereto under his will or, in the case of
intestacy, to the person or persons entitled thereto under the laws of
intestacy applicable to his estate.  The term "beneficiaries", as used in this
Agreement, shall mean a beneficiary or beneficiaries so designated to receive
any such amount or, if no beneficiary has been so designated, the legal
representative of the Executive (in the event of his incompetency) or the
Executive's estate.

            11.    GOVERNING LAW.

            This Agreement shall be deemed a contract made under, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania applicable to contracts to be performed entirely within such
state.  In the event that a court of any jurisdiction shall hold any of the
provisions of this Agreement to be wholly or partially unenforceable for any
reason, such determination shall not bar or in any way affect the Company's
right to relief as provided for herein in the courts of
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any other jurisdiction.  Such provisions, as they relate to each jurisdiction,
are, for this purpose, severable into diverse and independent covenants.
Service of process on the parties hereto at the addresses set forth herein
shall be deemed adequate service of such process.

            12.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

            This Agreement contains all the understandings and representations
between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all undertakings and agreements, whether oral or in writing, if any
there be, previously entered into by them with respect thereto.

            13.    AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, WAIVER.

            No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified unless
such amendment or modification is agreed to in writing and signed by the
Executive and by a duly authorized representative of the Company other than the
Executive.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no
waiver by either party hereto of any breach by the other party hereto of any
condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party
shall be deemed a waiver of a similar or dissimilar provision or condition at
the same or any prior or subsequent time, nor shall the failure of or delay by
either party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder
operate as a waiver thereof to preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

            14.    ARBITRATION.

            Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or any breach thereof, shall, except as provided in Section 9, be
settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect and judgment upon such award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The
arbitration shall be held in the area where the Company then has its principal
place of business.  The arbitration award shall include attorneys' fees and
costs to the prevailing party.

            15.    ADVANCE OF DEFENSE EXPENSES.

            In the event of any action, proceeding or claim against the
Executive arising out of his serving or having served in his capacity as an
officer and/or director of the Company, which in
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the Executive's reasonable judgment requires him to retain counsel (such choice
of counsel to be made in his reasonable discretion) or otherwise expend his
personal funds for his defense in connection therewith, the Company shall be
obligated to advance to the Executive (or pay directly to his counsel)
reasonable counsel fees and other costs associated with the Executive's defense
of such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that in such event the
Executive shall first agree in writing, without posting bond or collateral, to
repay all sums paid or advanced to him pursuant to this Section 15 in the event
that the final disposition of such action, proceeding or claim is one for which
the Executive would not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the
provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company.

            16.    NOTICES.

            Any notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing and delivered
personally or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, addressed to the party concerned at the address indicated below or
at such other address as such party may subsequently designate by like notice:

            If to the Company:

                   NovaCare, Inc.
                   1016 West Ninth Avenue
                   King of Prussia, Pennsylvania  19406
                   Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

            If to the Executive:

                   Timothy E. Foster
                   1235 Page Terrace
                   Villanova, Pennsylvania  19085

            17.    SEVERABILITY.

            Should any provision of this Agreement be held by a court or
arbitration panel of competent jurisdiction to be enforceable only if modified,
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement,
the balance of which shall continue to be binding upon the parties hereto with
any such modification to become a part hereof and treated as though originally
set forth in this Agreement.  The parties further agree that any such court or
arbitration panel is expressly authorized to modify any such unenforceable
provision of this
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Agreement in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement
in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, deleting any or
all of the offending provision, adding additional language to this Agreement,
or by making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the
intent and agreement of the parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent
permitted by law.  The parties expressly agree that this Agreement as so
modified by the court or arbitration panel shall be binding upon and
enforceable against each of them.  In any event, should one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provisions hereof, and if such provision or provisions are not
modified as provided above, this Agreement shall be construed as if such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been set forth herein.

            18.    WITHHOLDING.

            Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments required to
be made by the Company hereunder to the Executive or his beneficiaries,
including his estate, shall be subject to withholding of such amounts relating
to taxes as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant to
any applicable law or regulation.  In lieu of withholding such amounts, in
whole or in part, the Company, may, in its sole discretion, accept other
provision for payment of taxes as permitted by law, provided it is satisfied in
its sole discretion that all requirements of law affecting its responsibilities
to withhold such taxes have been satisfied.

            19.    SURVIVORSHIP.

            The respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder
shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary to the
intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

            20.    TITLES.

            Titles of the sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are
intended solely for convenience and no provision of this Agreement is to be
construed by reference to the title of any section or paragraph.
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            21.    COUNTERPARTS.

            This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.

                       *               *               *

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.

                                     NOVACARE, INC.



                                     By
                                       ---------------------------------
                                       John H. Foster
                                       Chairman of the Board



                                     -----------------------------------
                                                Timothy E. Foster


The foregoing Agreement has been
Approved by the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors:


- - - ----------------------------------
Robert G. Stone
Chairman of Compensation Committee

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