EXHIBIT 10-l

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to Credit Agreement ("Amendment") is dated as of July 24, 2002, and is by and among General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, individually as a Lender and as Agent and Security Trustee for the Lenders, and Analysts International Corporation, a Minnesota corporation ("Borrower").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS,
pursuant to a certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 11, 2002, by and among General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, individually as a Lender and
as Agent and Security Trustee for the Lenders, the other Credit Parties signatory from time to time thereto, and Borrower (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement";
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement), Agent and Lenders agreed, subject to the terms and provisions
thereof, to provide certain loans and other financial accommodations to Borrower; and

WHEREAS,
Borrower has requested that Agent and Lenders agree to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects, as set forth below.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1.Amendment to Credit Agreement.Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 2 of this Amendment, and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:



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2.Conditions Precedent.The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:



3.References; Effectiveness.Agent, Lenders and Borrower hereby agree that all references to the Credit
Agreement which are contained in any of the other Loan Documents shall refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

4.Representations and Warranties.To induce Agent to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to Agent that:



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5.Counterparts.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on
separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Amendment.

6.Continued Effectiveness.Except as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and each of the Loan Documents shall
continue in full force and effect according to its terms.

7.Costs and Expenses.Borrower hereby agrees that all expenses incurred by Agent in connection with the
preparation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, shall be part of the Obligations.

8.Consent.Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 of this
Amendment, and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment, Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to any and all actions taken by Borrower over the
period commencing on April 11, 2002 and ending on the date hereof, which actions (i) were not permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement as in effect during such period and
(ii) are fully permitted pursuant to the terms of this Amendment (assuming such actions were taken following the effectiveness of this Amendment). The foregoing is a limited consent, and except
to the extent expressly set forth herein, the foregoing consent shall not constitute (a) a modification or alteration of the terms, conditions or covenants of the Credit Agreement or any
document entered into in connection therewith, or (b) a waiver, release or limitation upon the exercise by Agent or any Lender of any of its rights, legal or equitable, hereunder or under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as of the day and year first written above.

| |  | ANALYSTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION                                         
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| |  | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Agent, Security Trustee and Lender
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