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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1


                         ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE
                     FIRST USA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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                      First NBC Credit Card Master Trust
                                 Series 1997-1
                      1999 ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE

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The undersigned, duly authorized representatives of First USA Bank, National
Association ("First USA"), as Successor Transferor and Servicer to Bank One,
Louisiana, N.A. (as successor to First National Bank of Commerce ("FNBC")),
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 1997 (as
may be amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Agreement"), among First
USA, as Transferor and Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, do
hereby certify that:

1.   First USA is, as of the date hereof, Servicer under the Agreement.
     Capitalized terms used in this Certificate have their respective meanings
     as set forth in the Agreement.

2.   The undersigned are Servicing Officers who are duly authorized pursuant to
     the Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Trustee.

3.   A review of the activities of Servicer during the fiscal year ended
     December 31, 1999, and of its performance under the Agreement was conducted
     under our supervision.

4.   Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of our knowledge,
     performed in all material respects its obligations under the Agreement
     throughout such year and no default in the performance of such obligations
     has occurred or is continuing except as set forth in paragraph 5.

5.   The following is a description of each default in the performance of the
     Servicer's obligations under the provisions of the Agreement known to us to
     have been made during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, which sets
     forth in detail (i) the nature of each such default, (ii) the action taken
     by the Servicer, if any, to remedy each such default and (iii) the current
     status of each such default:

          During the twelve months ended December 31, 1999, the Servicer
          experienced delays in the timely posting of payments to customer
          accounts due to backlogs that occurred at a third party processor.
          The relationship with this processor has since been terminated and as
          of December 31, 1999, payments are being processed internally and in
          accordance with Bank policy and usual and customary servicing
          procedures.  Management is working diligently to reimburse in full,
          cardholders affected by the above delays, for any and all fees and
          finance charges incurred as a result of the delays.

6.   The report required to be delivered to the Servicer by the independent
     certified public accountants pursuant to subsection 3.06(b) of the Pooling
     and Servicing Agreement has been delivered to the Servicer, and such report
     contains no exceptions, except for such exceptions as the independent
     certified public accountants believe to be immaterial and as set forth in
     paragraph 7 below.

7.   The following is each exception set forth in the report required to be
     delivered to the Servicer by the independent certified public accountants
     pursuant to subsection 3.06(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate this
24th day of March, 2000.
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FIRST USA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Servicer


By:  /s/ Tracie H. Klein               By:  /s/ Jeffrey Rigg
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     Name: Tracie H. Klein                  Name: Jeffrey Rigg
     Title: First Vice President            Title: Senior Vice President-
                                                   Accounting