FONAR SELECTS THE ANNE McBRIDE COMPANY
TO PERFORM INVESTOR AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

          MELVILLE, NEW YORK, September 8, 2004 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist™, announced today that it has retained The Anne McBride Company, Inc. to provide strategic investor relations and public relations counsel.
          Raymond Damadian, president and founder of FONAR said, "We have reached the time to proactively and accurately share FONAR's story with the US capital market. We have chosen The Anne McBride Company to communicate our market opportunities, growth drivers, and business strategy to a larger and more diverse group of
investment professionals and media. It was critical for us to choose a firm that could provide senior level counsel of the highest caliber, with expertise in reaching all of our key audiences."
          "We are excited to work with FONAR," stated Anne McBride, Chairman and CEO of The Anne McBride Company. "We are looking forward to working with the management team to develop a focused communications program to target their investors, customers and the public in general and build its brand in the competitive and continually growing medical device industry. Having worked closely with many successful small-cap companies, we are confident that we will increase liquidity and expand their shareholder base, especially to the institutional market."

About FONAR

FONAR was incorporated in 1978, making it the first, oldest and most experienced MR manufacturer in the industry. FONAR introduced the world's first commercial MRI (a whole-body MRI scanner) in 1980, and went public in 1981. Headquartered on Long Island, New York, with over 500 employees, FONAR has installed about 300 MRI scanners worldwide. The Company's stellar product line includes the Upright™ Stand-Up™ MRI, the only whole-body MRI that can image the patient in upright and numerous weight-bearing positions as well as perform Position Imaging™ (pMRI™). With over 100,000 patients scanned, the patient-friendly Stand Up™ MRI has a near zero claustrophobic rejection rate by patients. Approximately 85% of patients are scanned sitting while the patient watches a 42" flat screen TV. Its versatile patient bed allows the patient to be scanned lying down, standing, as well as in the flexion and extension positions. FONAR's other product, the FONAR 360™, is a room-size recumbent scanner that optomizes openness while facilitating physician access to the patient.

About The Anne McBride Company

Established since 1992, The Anne McBride Company is a full service financial communications and strategic consulting firm based in New York. It offers clients corporate communications, financial media, and strategic and analytical expertise. The Company has developed a unique teamwork approach to assist companies in enhancing shareholder value. The Anne McBride Company has five global offices and services clients in 25 countries.

For more information, visit: www.annemcbride.com