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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

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OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">February
3, 2004</font></b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMERIPATH, INC.</font></b></p>

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  Suite 200<br>
  Riviera Beach, FL 33404</font></b></p>
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and Exhibits</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Press Release of the Registrant dated
February 3, 2004</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9. Regulation FD
Disclosure</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See the press release
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 dated February 3, 2004 announcing AmeriPath,
Inc.&#146;s proposed offering under Rule 144A and Regulation S of $75 million
principal amount of 10-1/2% senior subordinated notes due 2013.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMERIPATH, INC.</font></p>
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  David L. Redmond</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 99.1</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Contact:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David L. Redmond</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President
&amp; CFO</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AmeriPath, Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">561-712-6226</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">dredmond@ameripath.com</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMERIPATH
ANNOUNCES PROPOSED<br>
OFFERING OF ADDITIONAL DEBT SECURITIES</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RIVIERA BEACH, Florida,
February 3, 2004 &#150; AmeriPath, Inc. (&#147;AmeriPath&#148; or &#147;the Company&#148;) today
announced that it is considering the commencement of an offering under Rule
144A and Regulation S of $75 million principal amount of 10-1/2% senior
subordinated notes due 2013.&#160; Subject to
consent from the Company&#146;s lenders and acceptable market and interest rate
conditions, we anticipate completing the offering during the first quarter of
2004.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The senior subordinated
notes will be offered as additional debt securities under an indenture pursuant
to which, on March 27, 2003, the Company issued $275 million principal amount
of 10-1/2% senior subordinated notes due 2013. The new notes and the notes
previously issued under the indenture would be treated as a single class of
debt securities.&#160; Like the previously
issued notes, the new notes would be general unsecured obligations of the
Company and would be subordinated to all existing and future senior debt of the
Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company intends to use
the net proceeds of the offering, together with approximately $10 million of
cash on hand and an additional $125 million of borrowings under a new term loan
under its senior credit facility, to repay its existing term loan under its
senior credit facility and pay related fees and expenses.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This announcement is neither
an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described
herein. The Company is offering the notes in reliance upon an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 for an offer and sale of
securities that does not involve a public offering. The securities to be
offered will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state
securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AmeriPath is a leading
national provider of cancer diagnostics, genomics, and related information
services. The Company&#146;s extensive diagnostics infrastructure includes the
Center for Advanced Diagnostics (CAD), a division of AmeriPath. CAD provides
specialized diagnostic testing and information services including Fluorescence
In-Situ Hybridization (FISH), Flow Cytometry, DNA Analysis, Polymerase Chain
Reaction (PCR), Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics and HPV Typing. Additionally,
AmeriPath provides clinical trial and research development support to firms
involved in developing new cancer and genomic diagnostics and therapeutics.</font></p>

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<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The statements contained
in this press release may include &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements&#151;which are sometimes identified by words such as
&#147;may&#148;, &#147;should&#148;, &#147;believe&#148;, &#147;expect&#148;, &#147;anticipate&#148;, &#147;estimate&#148; and similar
expressions and which include any financial or operating estimates, forecasts
or projections&#150;are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of
which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond the Company&#146;s control.
These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
results anticipated by forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include: the extent of success of the Company&#146;s operating
initiatives and growth strategies; ability to manage growth; access to capital
on satisfactory terms; general economic conditions; terrorism or an escalation
of hostilities or war; competition and changes in competitive factors; federal
and state healthcare regulation (and compliance); reimbursement rates under
government and third party healthcare programs and the payments received under
such programs; changes in coding; changes in technology; dependence upon
pathologists and customer contracts; the ability to attract, motivate, and
retain pathologists; labor, technology and insurance costs; marketing and
promotional efforts; the availability of pathology practices in appropriate
locations that the Company is able to acquire on suitable terms or develop; and
the successful completion and integration of acquisitions (and achievement of
planned or expected synergies). The forward-looking statements in this press
release are made as of the date hereof based on</font></i></p>

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<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">management&#146;s current
beliefs and expectations, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise any such statements. Further information regarding risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could affect the Company&#146;s financial or operating
results or that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expected, estimated or anticipated are included in the Company&#146;s annual,
quarterly, and other reports and filings with the SEC.</font></i></p>

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