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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM 8-K  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;23, 2002 </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Commission
File No.&nbsp;1-8726 </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>RPC,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>58-1550825<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification&nbsp;Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(404)&nbsp;321-2140<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's telephone number, including area code </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On
July&nbsp;23, 2002 RPC,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") voted to dismiss its independent accountants, Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen"), and to engage the services of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP
("Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young") to serve as its new independent accountants, effective immediately. This determination followed the Company's decision to seek proposals from independent accountants to audit
the Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2002. The decision to dismiss Andersen and to engage the services of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young was approved by the
Company's Board of Directors upon the recommendation of its Audit Committee. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>During
the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 and 2000, and the subsequent interim period through July&nbsp;23, 2002, there were no disagreements between the
Company and Andersen on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to Andersen's satisfaction
would have caused them to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with their reports. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>None
of the reportable events described under Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K occurred within the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2001
and 2000, or during any subsequent interim period through July&nbsp;23, 2002. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>The
audit reports of Andersen on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and subsidiaries as of and for the two fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 and 2000 did not contain any
adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>As
required under Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the Company provided Andersen with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested that Andersen furnish the Company with a letter
addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements by the Company in this disclosure and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. Although reasonable efforts
have been made by the Company, it has been unable to obtain such a letter from Andersen. The Company is therefore relying on temporary Item 304T(2) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K in filing this
report on Form&nbsp;8-K. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>During
the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 and 2000, and the subsequent interim period through July&nbsp;23, 2002, the Company did not consult with
Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction or regarding any of the matters or events set forth in Item&nbsp;304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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 hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%"><FONT SIZE=2>Date: July&nbsp;24, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=2>RPC,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BEN M. PALMER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=2>Ben M. Palmer<BR>
Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR></FONT>
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