SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 10-K
                                 Amendment No. 1

|X|     ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
        ACT OF 1934 for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2003
                                                    OR
|_|     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period from ____________
        to ____________

Commission File Number 0-11392

                       SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       South Carolina                                  57-0525804
       --------------                                  ----------
(State or other jurisdiction                        (I.R.S. Employer
    of incoporation or                             Identification No.)
      organization)

                               70 Commerce Center
                        Greenville, South Carolina 29615
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (864) 288-8877
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

        Title of each class                 Name of exchange on which registered
        -------------------                 ------------------------------------
              None                                         None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                               Title of each class
                               -------------------
                           Common Stock, no par value

     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 |_|

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the
best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. |_|

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2): YES |_| NO |X|

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the registrant computed by reference to the last price at which the stock was
sold on March 28, 2003, the last trading day of the registrant's most recently
completed second fiscal quarter, was $16,816,766.

     The number of shares of the registrant's common stock, no par value,
outstanding as of December 4, 2003 was 2,571,218.

                       Documents Incorporated By Reference

     Portions of the 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders are incorporated by
reference into Parts I and II, and portions of the Company's Definitive Proxy
Statement for the annual shareholder's meeting to be held February 12, 2004 are
incorporated by reference into Part III.

Explanatory Note: This Amendment is filed to correct the statement above related
to "accelerated filer" status. The Registrant is not an "accelerated filer" as
defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2.



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.      Description

31.1    Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2    Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32      Certifications Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002





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                                   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.


                               SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.


                               /s/ Richard C. Coggins
                               --------------------------------------
                               Richard C. Coggins
                               Chief Financial Officer


                               /s/ James D. Ferguson
                               --------------------------------------
                               James D. Ferguson
                               President and Chief Executive Officer



DATE:     May 11, 2004