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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
audited financial statements of Medical Technology Systems,  Inc. for the twelve
months  ended March 31, 1998 and is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to
such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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