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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                          AMERICAN HEALTHCHOICE, INC.

                        1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN

                                AMENDMENT 1996-1

                               SEPTEMBER 1, 1996


         Pursuant to Section 16 of the American Healthchoice, Inc. 1995
Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Employee Option Plan"), American Healthchoice,
Inc., hereby amends the Employee Option Plan effective September 1, 1996 as
follows:

         1.      Employee Option Plan Section 4(a)(iv) is hereby amended to
                 read as follows:

                          "(iv)  Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraph
                 (iii), if the Company registers any of its equity securities
                 under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the
                 following provisions shall replace subparagraph (iii) above:
                 The Committee administering this Plan shall be comprised
                 solely of two (2) or more non-employee directors of the
                 Company.  A non-employee director is any member of the Board
                 who:  (i) is not currently an officer of the Company or a
                 related corporation; (ii) does not receive compensation for
                 services rendered to the Company or a related corporation in
                 any capacity other than as a director; (iii) does not possess
                 an interest in any transaction with the Company for which
                 disclosure would be required under the securities laws; or
                 (iv) is not engaged in a business relationship with the
                 Company for which disclosure would be required under the
                 securities laws."

         2.      Employee Option Plan Section 5(b) is hereby amended to read as
                 follows:

                          "(b)  Each Option shall be designated in the Option
                 Agreement evidencing such Option as either an Incentive Stock
                 Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.  However,
                 notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the
                 aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an Option
                 is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Options
                 designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the
                 first time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all
                 plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds
                 $100,000, then only Options with a fair market value equal to
                 $100,000 shall be treated as Incentive Stock Options, the
                 remainder shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options."

         3.      Employee Option Plan Section 8(a)(ii) is hereby amended to
                 read as follows:

                          "(ii)  In the case of a Nonqualified Stock Option,
                 the per Share exercise price shall be the price the Board
                 determines in its sole discretion."
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         4.      Employee Option Plan Sections 9(b), (c) and (d) are hereby
                 amended to read as follows:

                          "(b)  Termination of Status as an Employee or
                 Consultant.  Upon the termination of an Optionee's Continuous
                 Status as an Employee or Consultant (as the case may be), such
                 Optionee may, but only for a period of time of no more than
                 three (3) months in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, or
                 such period of time as is provided by the Board in the case of
                 a Nonqualified Stock Option, after the date of such
                 termination (but in no event later than the date of expiration
                 of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option
                 Agreement), exercise his Option to the extent that he was
                 entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination.  To
                 the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the
                 Option at the date of such termination, or if the Optionee
                 does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to
                 exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
                 terminate.

                          (c)  Disability of Optionee.  Notwithstanding the
                 provisions of Section 9(b) above, in the event of termination
                 of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or
                 Consultant as a result of his total and permanent disability
                 (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), such Optionee
                 may, for such period of time as is provided by the Board, but
                 not later than twelve (12) months from the date of such
                 termination (in the case of an Incentive Stock Option (and in
                 no event later than the date of expiration of the term of such
                 Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise his
                 Option to the extent he was entitled to exercise it at the
                 date of such termination.  To the extent that the Optionee was
                 not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of
                 termination, or if the Optionee does not exercise such Option
                 (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified
                 herein, the Option shall terminate.

                          (d)     Death of Optionee.  Notwithstanding the
                 provisions of Section 9(b) above, in the event of the death of
                 an Optionee:

                                  (i)      during the term of an Option with
                          respect to an Optionee who is at the time of his
                          death an Employee or Consultant and who has been in
                          Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant since
                          the date of grant of such Option, the Option may be
                          exercised for such period of time as is provided by
                          the Board, but not later than twelve (12) months
                          following the date of death in the case of an
                          Incentive Stock Option (and in no event later than
                          the date of expiration of the term of such Option as
                          set forth in the Option Agreement), by the personal
                          representative of the Optionee's estate or by a
                          person who acquired the right to exercise the Option
                          by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of
                          the right to exercise that would have accrued had the
                          Optionee continued living and remained in Continuous
                          Status as an Employee or Consultant for such provided
                          period after the date of death; or





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                                  (ii)  within thirty (30) days after the
                          termination of Continuous Status as an Employee or
                          Consultant, the Option may be exercised for such
                          period of time after the date of death as is provided
                          by the Board (not to exceed three (3) months in the
                          case of an Incentive Stock Option, but in no event
                          later than the date of expiration of the term of such
                          Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by the
                          Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the
                          right to exercise the Option by bequest or
                          inheritance, but only to the extent of the right of
                          exercise that had accrued at the date of
                          termination."

         The remaining Employee Option Plan provisions shall continue in full
force and effect.

                                  AMERICAN HEALTHCHOICE, INC.



                                  By:   [SIG]
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                                           Secretary





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