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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

     Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type responses)
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Nowakowski             Susan                  R.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)
     c/o AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
     12235 El Camino Real, Suite 200
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                                    (Street)

     San Diego                  CA                      92130
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. ("AHS")
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Year

     January 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [_]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

                     Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice
                             President and Secretary
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                             6.
                                                              4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                              Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                 3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                 Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                   2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                 Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                  Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                         (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                                                                                  300            D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

*    If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

           POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF
         INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
         UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.

                                                                          (Over)
                                                                 SEC 1474 (3/99)

FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $22.98 1/17/02 A V 60,000 (1) 1/17/12 Common Stock 60,000 60,000 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $3.80 11/19/97 (2) 11/19/09 Common Stock 339,350 339,350 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $3.80 11/20/00 (3) 12/31/09 Common Stock 202,006 202,006 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $6.68 12/13/00 (4) 12/31/09 Common Stock 119,445 119,445 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock were issued pursuant to the AMN Healthcare Services, Inc 2001 Stock Option Plan and become exercisable in four equal installments, for the right to purchase 15,000 shares on each of January 17, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. (2) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock become exercisable in four equal installments, for the right to purchase 84,837.5 shares on each of December 31, 2001, May 14, 2002, December 31, 2002, and December 31, 2003. (3) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock become exercisable in four equal installments, for the right to purchase 50,501.5 shares on each of December 31, 2001, May 14, 2002, December 31, 2002, and December 31, 2003. (4) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock become exercisable in four equal installments, for the right to purchase 29,861.25 shares on each of May 14, 2002, December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2004. /s/ Susan R. Nowakowski February 7, 2002 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. Page 2