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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*

     Francis                Steven                 C.
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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)

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

                      President and Chief Executive Officer
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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                                                                                      1,200      I        (1)
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                                                                                      1,200      I        (2)
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                                                                                        100      D
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                                                                                  1,216,822      I        (3)
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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 200,000 (4) 1/17/12 Common Stock 200,000 200,000 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $3.80 11/19/97 (5) 11/19/09 Common Stock 2,019,956 2,019,956 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option $6.68 12/13/00 (6) 12/31/09 Common Stock 746,493 746,493 D (Right to Buy) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a part of a group for purposes of Section 13(d) and Rule 13(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The group may be deemed to include the Reporting Person, The Francis Family Trust dated May 24, 1996 (the "Trust"), the Reporting Person's wife, Gayle Francis, the Reporting Person's son and the Reporting Person's daughter. Nothing set forth herein shall be deemed to be an admission that such a "group" exists. (1) The Reporting Person beneficially owns and shares voting and dispositive power over such shares with his wife, as custodian for his son. The Reporting Person disclaims the beneficial ownership of all such Common Stock owned by his wife and son. (2) The Reporting Person beneficially owns and shares voting and dispositive power over such shares with his wife, as custodian for his daughter. The Reporting Person disclaims the beneficial ownership of all such Common Stock owned by his wife and daughter. (3) 1,214,422 of such shares are held by the Trust. The Reporting Person is a co-trustee and has shared voting and dispositive power over the Trust with his wife. The remaining 2,400 of such shares are held as described in footnotes (1) and (2) above. (4) 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 50,000 shares on each of January 17, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. (5) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock become exercisable in four installments, for the right to purchase 504,990 shares on each of December 31, 2001, May 14, 2002, December 31, 2002 and the right to purchase 504,986 shares on December 31, 2003. (6) The options to purchase shares of Common Stock become exercisable in four installments, for the right to purchase 186,630 shares on May 14, 2002 and to purchase 186,621 shares on each of December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004. /s/ Steven C. Francis February 8, 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