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F-1
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the index appearing under Item 14(a)(1)
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiaries at
December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 2000 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under
Item 14(a)(2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with
the related consolidated financial statements. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the
responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 24, 2001, except as to Note 18, which is as of February 21, 2001