EXHIBIT 10.1

[PREPAID FORWARD]

Apria Healthcare Group
Inc.26220 Enterprise CourtLake Forest, CA 92630

Credit Suisse First
Boston Capital LLCEleven Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10010

External ID: [       ] - Risk ID: [       ]

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Dear Sirs,

The purpose of this letter agreement (this
Confirmation) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Prepaid
Share Forward Transaction entered into between us on the Trade Date specified below (the
Transaction). This Confirmation constitutes a Confirmation
as referred to in the Agreement specified below.

In this Confirmation, CSFB means
Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC, Counterparty means Apria
Healthcare Group Inc. and Agent means Credit Suisse First Boston LLC,
solely in its capacity as agent for CSFB and Counterparty.

|1. | The definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (together
          with the Annex thereto, the 2000 Definitions) and the
          2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the 2002
          Definitions and, together with the 2000 Definitions, the
          Definitions), each as published by the International Swaps
          and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation. In
          the event of any inconsistency between the 2000 Definitions and the 2002
          Definitions, the 2002 Definitions will govern. In the event of any inconsistency
          between the Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will govern.
          The Transaction shall be deemed to be a Share Forward Transaction within the
          meaning set forth in the Equity Definitions.
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| | This
Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of and be subject to an agreement (the
Agreement) in the form of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency
 Cross Border) (the ISDA Form), as published by the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., as if CSFB and Counterparty had executed the ISDA
Form (without any Schedule thereto) on the Trade Date. All provisions contained in the
Agreement are incorporated into and shall govern this Confirmation except as expressly
modified below. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between you
and us as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates and replaces
any previous agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Confirmation, together with all other confirmations or agreements between us referencing
the ISDA Form, shall be deemed to supplement, form part of and be subject to the same,
single Agreement. The Agreement and each Confirmation thereunder will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to choice
of law doctrine and each party hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the
State of New York.
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|2. | The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are
          as follows:
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| | General Terms:
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| | Trade Date: | January 16, 2004
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| | Seller: | CSFB
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| | Buyer: | Counterparty
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| | Shares: | The common stock, par value USD 0.001 per share, of Apria Healthcare
Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (Symbol: AHG) (also referred to
herein as the "Issuer").
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| | Number of Shares: | 1,730,703
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| | Prepayment: | Applicable
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| | Prepayment Amount: | USD 50,000,000
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| | Exchange: | The New York Stock Exchange
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| | Related Exchange(s): | All Exchanges
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| | Settlement Terms:
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| | Physical Settlement: | Applicable
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| | Scheduled Settlement Date: | June 16, 2004
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| | Settlement Date: | The  Scheduled  Settlement  Date,  unless  the  provisions  of
          Extended Settlement Date apply.
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| | Extended Settlement Date: | If, on the Scheduled Settlement Date (or an Extended Settlement Date, in
           the event that the Settlement Date has been extended), CSFB has not completed its hedge of
           this Transaction by such Settlement Date, then the Settlement Date shall be extended to
           the date that is one month later than the Settlement Date that would otherwise apply.
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| | Dividends:
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| | Dividend: | Any dividend or distribution, whether in cash or in kind, on the Shares
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| | Dividend Amount: | An amount in U.S.  Dollars for any  Dividend  for which the  ex-dividend
          date falls within a regular dividend period of the Issuer.
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| | Payment Obligation in    
 Respect of Dividends: | In the event of any Dividend, CSFB shall make a cash payment to
               Counterparty, on the date such Dividend is paid to holders of Shares, in an amount equal
               to the product of (i) the Number of Shares on the ex-dividend date for such Dividend and
               (ii) the Dividend Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
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| | Excess Dividend Amount: | For the  avoidance  of doubt,  all  references  to the  Excess  Dividend
          Amount  shall  be  deleted  from   Section   9.2(a)(iii)   of  the  2002
          Definitions.
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| | Share Adjustments:
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| | Potential Adjustment Events: | If an event occurs that constitutes both a Potential Adjustment Event
          under Section 11.2(e)(ii)(C) of the 2002 Definitions and a Spin-off as described below, it
          shall be treated hereunder as a Spin-off and not as a Potential Adjustment Event.
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| | Method of Adjustment: | Calculation Agent Adjustment
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| | Spin-off: | A distribution of New Shares (the Spin-off Shares) of a subsidiary of
          the Issuer (the Spin-off Issuer) to holders of the Shares (the
          Original Shares). With respect to a Spin-off, New Shares
          shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.1(i) of the 2002 Definitions except that the
          phrase immediately preceding clause (i) thereof shall be replaced by the following:
          New Shares means ordinary or common shares of the Spin-off Issuer that
          are, or that as of the ex-dividend date of such Spin-off are scheduled promptly to
          be,.
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| | Consequences of Spin-offs: | As of the ex-dividend date of a Spin-off, (i) Shares shall mean
            the Original Shares and the Spin-off Shares; (ii) the Transaction shall continue but as a
           Share Basket Forward Transaction with a Number of Baskets equal to the Number of Shares
           prior to such Spin-off, and each Basket shall consist of one Original Share and a number
           of Spin-off Shares that a holder of one Original Share would have been entitled to receive
           in such Spin-off; and (iii) the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments to the
           exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the Transaction as the Calculation
           Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such
           Spin-off, which may, but need not, be determined by reference to the adjustment(s) made in
           respect of such Spin-off by an options exchange to options on the Shares traded on such
           options exchange. As of the ex-dividend date of any subsequent Spin-off, the Calculation
           Agent shall make adjustments to the composition of the Basket and other terms of the
           Transaction in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
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| | Extraordinary Events:
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| | Consequences of Merger Events: | 
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| | Share-for-Share: | Calculation Agent Adjustment
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| | Share-for-Other: | Cancellation and Payment
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| | Share-for-Combined: | Component Adjustment
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| | Tender Offer: | Applicable
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| | Consequences of Tender Offers: | 
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| | Share-for-Share: | Calculation Agent Adjustment
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| | Share-for-Other: | Calculation Agent Adjustment
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| | Share-for-Combined: | Calculation Agent Adjustment
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| | Composition of      Combined Consideration: | Not Applicable
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| | Nationalization, Insolvency     or Delisting: | Cancellation and Payment
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| | Additional Disruption Events:
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| | Change in Law: | Applicable
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| | Failure to Deliver: | Not Applicable
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| | Insolvency Filing: | Applicable
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| | Hedging Disruption: | Applicable; provided, however, that the phrase the Hedging Party
            may elect . . . by one party to another. in Section 12.8(b)(iii) shall be replaced
            with the phrase the Hedging Party shall give written notice thereof, through the
            Agent, to the Non-Hedging Party. Upon receipt of such notice by Non-Hedging Party, the
           parties will, in good faith, negotiate an amendment to the Transaction to extend the
          Settlement Date.
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| | Increased Cost of Hedging: | Not Applicable
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| | Loss of Stock Borrow: | Not Applicable
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| | Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: | Not Applicable
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| | Hedging Party: | CSFB
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| | Determining
Party: | CSFB
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| | Non-Reliance: | Applicable
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| | Agreements
and AcknowledgmentsRegarding Hedging Activities: | Applicable
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| | Additional Acknowledgments: | Applicable
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| | Credit Support Documents: | Counterparty:  None
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| |  | CSFB | Guarantee,  dated May 16, 2001,  made by Credit Suisse
           First Boston  (USA),  Inc. (as CSFB's  Credit  Support
           Provider) in favor of each and every  counterparty  to
           financial    transactions    with   its   wholly-owned
           subsidiary,  Credit  Suisse First  Boston  Capital LLC
           (the "Guarantee")

           The parties hereto acknowledge that this Transaction is not
           secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the
           obligations of Counterparty herein under pursuant to the
           Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
           this Transaction will not be considered to create obligations
           covered by any collateral credit support annex to the
           Agreement and will be disregarded for the purposes of calculating
           any exposures pursuant to any such annex.
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|1. | Account Details:
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| | Payments to CSFB: | Citibank, NAABA: 021-000-089A/c #: 30459883
          A/c name: Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC
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| | Payments to Counterparty: | To be advised under separate cover or telephone  confirmed  prior
          to the Trade Date
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| | Delivery of Shares      
          to Counterparty: | To be advised
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| | Office: | Neither CSFB nor Counterparty is a Multibranch Party.
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| | Calculation Agent: | CSFB
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|3. | Other Provisions:
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Additional
Representations and Warranties of Counterparty:

Counterparty hereby
represents and warrants to CSFB as of the date hereof that:

|1. |  | Counterparty has entered into this Transaction in connection with its duly
          authorized Share repurchase program (the Share Repurchase
          Program) publicly announced in its current report on Form 8-K as filed
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on
          October 22, 2003 and in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed with SEC on
          November 14, 2003 and solely for the purposes stated in such disclosures.
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|2. |  | On the Trade Date and giving effect to the Transaction, Counterparty has
          complied with all applicable law in connection with disclosure of all material
          information with respect to its business, operations or condition (financial or
          otherwise); and as of the date hereof and as of each day until the Settlement
          Date (excluding those dates on which either party delivers notice to the other
          party through the Agent by 9:15 a.m., New York time, directing CSFB not to
          conduct any purchases of Shares to hedge this Transaction on such day), is
          currently prohibited by law, contract or otherwise from purchasing Shares during
          the term of the Transaction.
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|3. |  | Counterparty is entering into the Agreement and this Confirmation in good faith
          and not as part of plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal
          securities laws including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 of the Securities
          Exchange Act (the Exchange Act).
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|4. |  | The Counterparty is not on the date hereof engaged in a distribution, as such
          term is used in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation
          M) that would preclude purchases by CSFB of the Shares or cause the
          Counterparty to violate any law, rule or regulation with respect to such
          purchases.
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|5. |  | Neither the Counterparty nor any subsidiary is, and after giving effect to the
          transactions contemplated hereby, will not be an investment company
          or a company controlled by an investment company, in
          each case within the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Company
          Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act), nor is
          the Counterparty or any subsidiary subject to regulation under the Investment
          Company Act.
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|6. |  | Counterparty is, and shall be as of the date of any payment or delivery by
          Counterparty hereunder, solvent and able to pay its debts as they come due, with
          assets having a fair value greater than liabilities and with capital sufficient
          to carry on the businesses in which it engages.
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|7. |  | Counterparty (a) has timely filed, caused to be timely filed or will timely file
          or cause to be timely filed all material tax returns that are required to be
          filed by it as of the date hereof and (b) has paid all material taxes shown to
          be due and payable on said returns or on any assessment made against it or any
          of its property and all other material taxes, assessments, fees, liabilities or
          other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any governmental
          authority, unless in each case the same are being contested in good faith. For
          purposes of determining whether a tax return has been timely filed, any
          extensions shall be taken into account.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of CSFB:

| | With the co-operation of Counterparty, CSFB undertakes to conduct any purchases of Shares to
hedge this Transaction in compliance with Rule 10b18 of the Exchange Act as if such
rule were applicable to such purchases. CSFB shall not purchase Shares on any Scheduled
Trading Day on which Counterparty has provided notice to CSFB through the Agent by 9:15
a.m., New York time, directing CSFB not to conduct any purchases of Shares to hedge this
Transaction on such day.
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Covenants of Counterparty:

|1. |  | Counterparty shall notify CSFB immediately of Counterpartys intention to
          purchase Shares or any other security of the Issuer that is convertible into or
          exchangeable for Shares in an amount that would cause CSFB to become the
          beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than seven (7) percent of the
          outstanding Shares of any equity security of the Issuer. Counterparty shall not
          take any such action unless a period of fifteen (15) Exchange Business Days
          shall have elapsed after receipt of such notice by CSFB and CSFB shall not have
          objected in writing to such action during such period.
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|2. |  | Counterparty shall comply with Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act throughout the
          term of the Transaction.
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|3. |  | Counterparty shall notify CSFB immediately in writing, through the Agent, if
          Counterparty becomes, or is likely to become, subject to the restrictions set
          forth in Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
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|4. |  | If an Counterparty is prohibited from purchasing its shares under Regulation M,
          then Counterparty will use its reasonable efforts to cause such distribution to
          be completed or otherwise terminated as soon as reasonably practicable given the
          circumstances, it being understood that it is fully within Counterpartys
          discretion to undertake transactions pursuant to Regulation M.
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|5. |  | On each date (excluding those dates on which either party delivers notice to the
          other party through the Agent by 9:15 a.m., New York time, directing CSFB not to
          conduct any purchases of Shares to hedge this Transaction on such day) from the
          date hereof to the Settlement Date (as such date may be adjusted from time to
          time as provided herein), Counterparty will effect all of its purchase
          transactions in Shares through CSFB and its affiliates.
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U.S. Private Placement Representations:

Each party hereby
represents and warrants to the other party as of the date hereof that:

|1. |  | It is an accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D under the
          Securities Act) and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
          matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Transaction,
          and it is able to bear the economic risk of the Transaction.
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|2. |  | It is entering into the Transaction for its own account and not with a view to
          the distribution or resale of the Transaction or its rights thereunder except
          pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under, or an exemption
          from the registration requirements of, the Securities Act.
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Securities Contract:

| | The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each of CSFB and the Agent is a
stockbroker within the meaning of Section 101 (53A) of Title 11 of the United
States Code (the Bankruptcy Code) and the Agent is acting as agent for
CSFB and that CSFB is a customer of the Agent within the meaning of Section
741(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto further recognize that the Transaction
is a securities contract, as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the
Bankruptcy Code, entitled to the protection of, among other provisions, Sections 555 and
362(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, and that each payment or delivery of cash, Shares or
other property or assets hereunder is a settlement payment within the meaning
of Section 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Assignment:

| | The rights and duties under this Confirmation may not be assigned or transferred by any party
hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld; providedthat (i) CSFB may assign or transfer any of its
rights or duties hereunder to any of its affiliates without the prior written consent of
Counterparty and (ii) the Agent may assign or transfer any of its rights or duties
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto to any affiliate
of Credit Suisse First Boston, so long as such affiliate is a broker-dealer registered
with the SEC.
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Non-Confidentiality:

| | The
parties hereby agree that (i) effective from the date of commencement of discussions
concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or
other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind, including
opinions or other tax analyses, provided by CSFB and its affiliates to Counterparty
relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided that the foregoing does
not constitute an authorization to disclose the identity of CSFB or its affiliates, agents
or advisers, or, except to the extent relating to such tax structure or tax treatment, any
specific pricing terms or commercial or financial information, and (ii) CSFB does not
assert any claim of proprietary ownership in respect of any description contained herein
or therein relating to the use of any entities, plans or arrangements to give rise to a
particular United States federal income tax treatment for Counterparty.
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Matters relating to
Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC:

|1. |  | Agent shall act as agent for CSFB and Counterparty in connection
          with the Transaction.
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|2. |  | Agent will furnish to Counterparty upon written request a statement as to the
          source and amount of any remuneration received or to be received by Agent in
          connection herewith.
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|3. |  | Agent has no obligation hereunder, by guaranty, endorsement or otherwise, with
          respect to performance of CSFBs obligations hereunder or under the
          Agreement.
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|4. |  | Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC is an OTC derivatives dealer
          as such term is defined in the Exchange Act and is an affiliate of Agent.
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|5. |  | Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC is not a member of the Securities
          Investor Protection Corporation.
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Indemnification:

| | Counterparty
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CSFB, its affiliates, their respective directors,
officers, employees, agents, advisors, brokers and representatives and each person who
controls CSFB or its affiliates within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act against, and Counterparty agrees that no indemnified party shall have any
liability to Counterparty or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, or employees for,
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or
otherwise) or expenses, joint or several, to which any indemnified party may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (or actions, claims, investigations or proceedings in respect
thereof, whether commenced or threatened) (i) arise out of or relate to (A) actions or
failures to act by Counterparty (including any misstatement or alleged misstatement of a
material fact contained in a registration statement or a prospectus or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, or omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading) or (B) actions or failures to act by an indemnified party with the consent of
Counterparty or (ii) otherwise arise out of or relate to this Transaction or any related
transactions, provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the extent, but only to
the extent, that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of an indemnified
party have resulted primarily from the gross negligence, wilful misconduct of such
indemnified party or material breach of any covenant made by CSFB hereunder in which case
CSFB shall indemnify Counterparty for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities (whether
direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) or expenses which Counterparty may
suffer as a result of such indemnified parties gross negligence, wilful misconduct
or CSFBs material breach of a covenant hereunder. Counterparty agrees to reimburse
promptly each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damages,
liability, expense or action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Counterparty will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expenses arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to Counterparty by or on behalf of CSFB
specifically for use in connection with the preparation of a prospectus or any supplement
thereto. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which Counterparty
may otherwise have.
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Contribution:

| | If
the indemnification provided for above is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then each
applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative fault of Counterparty on the one hand and of CSFB on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, but also any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of Counterparty on the one hand and CSFB on the other
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the misstatement or
alleged misstatement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by Counterparty or by CSFB and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed
to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The parties agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this paragraph (c) were
determined by a method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in this paragraph. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
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|4. | The Agreement is further supplemented by the following provisions:
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Termination Provisions:

|1. |  | Specified Entity means in relation to CSFB, Credit Support
          Provider, and in relation to Counterparty for the purpose of Section 5(a)(v)
          only, any Affiliate (as defined in Section 14) of Counterparty.
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|2. |  | Specified Transaction will have the meaning specified in
          Section 14 of the Agreement.
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|3. |  | The Cross Default provision of Section 5(a)(vi) will apply to
          CSFB and Counterparty.For the purpose of such provision:

Specified
Indebtedness means any obligation (whether present or future, contingent or
otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise) (a) in respect of borrowed money, or (b)
in respect of any Specified Transaction (except that, for this purpose only, the words
and any other entity shall be substituted for the words and the other
party to the Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such other party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such other party) where they appear in the definition
of Specified Transaction).

Threshold
Amount means, in relation to CSFB and any applicable Specified Entity of CSFB,
three percent (3%) of the shareholders equity of Credit Suisse First Boston (USA),
Inc. (as CSFBs Credit Support Provider), as shown in the most recent audited
financial statements of Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc., and in relation to
Counterparty and any applicable Specified Entity of Counterparty, USD 10,000,000
(including the United States Dollar equivalent of obligations stated in any other currency
or currency unit).
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|4. |  | The Credit Event Upon Merger provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
          will apply to CSFB and Counterparty.
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|5. |  | The Automatic Early Termination provisions of Section 6(a)
          will not apply to CSFB or Counterparty.
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|6. |  | Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e), Second
          Method and Loss will apply.
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|7. |  | Termination Currency means United States Dollars.
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|8. |  | Netting. The provisions of Section 2(c) of the Agreement will not apply.
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|9. |  | Set-Off. In addition to and without limiting any rights of set-off that a
          party hereto may have as a matter of law, pursuant to contract or otherwise,
          upon the designation or deemed designation by the relevant party of an Early
          Termination Date, such party shall have the right to terminate, liquidate and
          otherwise close out the transactions contemplated by this Confirmation pursuant
          to the terms hereof and thereof, and to set off any obligation that such party
          or any affiliate of such party may have to the other party hereunder or under
          any Confirmation relating to any transaction compliant with EITF Issue 00-19
           Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and
          Potentially Settled in, a Companys Own Stock  including without
          limitation any obligation to make any release, delivery or payment to either
          party pursuant any other agreement between such parties or any affiliates of
          such party and the other party, against any right such other party may have
          against such party, including without limitation any right to receive a payment
          or delivery pursuant to this Confirmation or any other agreement between such
          parties or any affiliates of a party and the other party. In the case of a
          set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or pay assets against any right to
          receive assets of the same type, such obligation and right shall be set off in
          kind. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or pay
          assets against any right to receive assets of any other type, the value of each
          of such obligation and such right shall be determined by the Calculation Agent
          and the result of such set-off shall be that the net obligor shall pay or
          deliver to the other party an amount of cash or assets, at the net
          obligors option, with a value (determined, in the case of a delivery of
          assets, by the Calculation Agent) equal to that of the net obligation. In
          determining the value of any obligation to release or deliver Shares or right to
          receive Shares, the value at any time of such obligation or right shall be
          determined by reference to the market value of the Shares at such time. If an
          obligation or right is unascertained at the time of any such set-off, the
          Calculation Agent may in good faith estimate the amount or value of such
          obligation or right, in which case set-off will be effected in respect of that
          estimate, and the relevant party shall account to the other party at the time
          such obligation or right is ascertained.
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Tax Representations:  None.

| | Agreements
to Deliver Documents. For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement,
CSFB and Counterparty agrees to deliver the following documents, as applicable:
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|1. |  | Counterparty will deliver to the other party, upon execution of this
          Confirmation, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the other party as to the
          names, true signatures and authority of the officers or officials signing this
          Confirmation on its behalf.
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|2. |  | Counterparty will deliver to CSFB, upon execution of this Confirmation,
          certified resolutions evidencing necessary corporate authority and approvals
          with respect to the execution, delivery and performance by Counterparty of this
          Confirmation.
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|3. |  | Counterparty will deliver to CSFB, upon execution of this Confirmation, a
          certified copy of each of the current Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
          of the Counterparty.
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|4. |  | CSFB will deliver to Counterparty, upon execution of the Confirmation, a duly
          executed copy of the Credit Support Document, the Guarantee.
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|5. |  | Each of CSFB and Counterparty will deliver to the other party, upon request, as
          soon as publicly available, a copy of the annual report for such party
          containing audited or certified financial statements for the most recently ended
          financial year.
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| | Such documents, other than
the Guarantee, shall be covered by the representation set forth in Section 3(d).
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Miscellaneous:

|1. |  | Addresses for Notices. For the purpose of Section 12(a):
          Address for notices or communications to CSFB (other than by facsimile)(for all
purposes):
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| |  | Address: | Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLCc/o Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
           11 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10010Attn: Senior Legal Officer
           Tel: (212) 538-4488Fax: (212) 325-4585
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| |  | With a copy to: | Credit Suisse First Boston LLC1 Madison Avenue, 3rd FloorNew York, NY 10010

          For payments and deliveries:Attn: Ricardo HarewoodTel: (212) 325-8678
          Fax: (212) 325-8175

          For all other communications:Attn: Carlos Moscoso / Debra TageldeinTel: (212) 538-1872 /
          (212) 325-8685Fax: (212) 538-8898
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| |  | Designated responsible employee for the purposes of Section 12(a)(iii):  Senior Legal Officer

          Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:


          Address:    Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
                       
               26220 Enterprise Court
                       
               Lake Forest, CA  92630
          Attention:  Jim Baker
          Telephone No.:  949-639-2080   Facsimile No.:   949-587-9363
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|2. |  | Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. Each party waives, to the fullest extent
          permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in
          respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Confirmation
          or any Credit Support Document.Each party (i) certifies that no
          representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly
          or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit
          action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges
          that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Confirmation
          by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section.
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|3. |  | Service of Process. The parties irrevocably consent to service of process
          given in the manner provided for notices in Section 4(a). Nothing in this
          Agreement will affect the right of either party to serve process in any other
          manner permitted by law.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth
the terms of our agreement by signing and returning this Confirmation.

| | Yours faithfully,CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CAPITAL LLC
By:________________________________________ Name:Title:
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Confirmed as of the date first written above:

APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.

By:________________________________
Name:Title:

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, as Agent

By:________________________________
Name:Title:Our Reference Number: External ID: [    ] /
Risk ID: [    ]