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Raymond HATHAWAY and Betty Hathaway, his wife, Appellants, v. Robert TINDALL, M.D.; Dr. John T. McDonald Foundation, d/b/a Doctors’ Hospital, et al., Appellees.
    No. 85-1027.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Nov. 4, 1986.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 16, 1986.
    Stanley M. Rosenblatt and Susan Rosen-blatt and Alan T. Lipson, Miami, for appellants.
    Stephens, Lynn, Chernay & Klein and Robert M. Klein and Debra J. Snow, Miami, for appellees.
    Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Even if, arguendo, the plaintiffs established that the defendant hospital made certain representations that might lead reasonable persons to believe that the radiologist in question was the hospital’s agent, they utterly failed to prove that they were aware of, much less relied on, any of these representations or detrimentally changed their position in reliance on them. See Orlando Executive Park, Inc. v. Robbins, 433 So.2d 491 (Fla.1983). Therefore, the trial court was correct in rejecting the plaintiffs’ claim that the radiologist was an apparent agent of the hospital and in directing a verdict for the hospital. The plaintiffs’ remaining point on appeal is without merit.

Affirmed.