FONAR Hosts Upright Imaging Technologist Workshop & Marketers/Owners Meeting;
Attendees Agree: ''It's Not Just an MRI - It's an Upright MRI.''

          MELVILLE, NEW YORK, March 9, 2005 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The MRI Specialist™, hosted an Upright™ Imaging Technologist Workshop & Marketers/Owners Meeting, March 5 - 8 in Long Island. Over 200 radiology technologists, site marketers and Upright™ MRI customers attended the event.
           Shawn De La Garza, CEO of McAllen MRI Center, McAllen, Texas, spoke at the marketers/owners meeting: "We are in a large concentration (25) of competitors within a small area of south Texas, including another Upright™ MRI, just 7 miles away. It is a surprise to some that we have such a large patient volume. We do this through an internal program of customer service, motivating our employees, and utilizing the many advantages of the Upright™ MRI over all the other MRIs."
           "These advantages include positions of extension, flexion, and right/left lateral bending. All this has made the FONAR Upright™ MRI to be 'Not just an MRI - But an Upright™ MRI'," concluded Mr. De La Garza.
           To learn more about Mr. De La Garza please visit http://www.fonar.com/news/030104.htm. Mr. De La Garza is the FONAR customer who said 'The Proof is in the Picture.'
           George L. Rodriguez, M.D., board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician and FONAR customer said, "The owners and leaders in the field of Upright™ MRI technology greatly appreciate this meeting that FONAR has sponsored. The information that FONAR shared provides us with the necessary tools to successfully market our Upright™ MRIs and centers, thereby enabling us to participate in the growth of Upright™ imaging. FONAR clearly conveyed to this year's attendees that it considers us (customers) to be its true business partners."
           To learn more about Dr. Rodriguez, please visit http://www.fonar.com/news/110404.htm. Dr. Rodriguez is the FONAR customer who stated, "I can envision a time when all conditions that affect motion and function are visible using the Upright™ MRI, making this technology the 'GOLD STANDARD' of MRI for evaluating tissue 'function'."
           Raymond V. Damadian, president and founder of FONAR stated, "The input of FONAR customers is a critical element to the development and growth of the Upright™ MRI. Our first workshop last year was very successful. This second workshop and meeting has also been very fruitful and informative. Operating an Upright™ MRI scanning center and providing top quality service to patients and physicians is very experience intensive. And FONAR's second Upright Imaging Workshop has been very effective at promoting the exchange of valuable experiences learned in the MRI marketplace. Moreover, the workshop provides FONAR and its staff the necessary inputs to stay current with our customers' needs. Also our customers have much to say to us in order to help us grow and realize the potential of the Upright™ MRI scanner."

About the Upright™ Imaging Technologist Workshop & Marketers/Owners Meeting

The Upright™ Imaging Technologist Workshop included discussions on Upright™ imaging technology, scanning applications, recent Upright™ MRI developments, advanced imaging techniques, MRI safety and techniques for selling the new concept of Upright™ MRI to referring physicians, patients and insurance companies. Because of the overwhelming response by Upright™ MRI technologists, (scanner operators) to the invitation to the workshop, the workshop was conducted over a two-day period in a lecture hall on the SUNY Farmingdale campus.

The marketers/owners portion of the meeting, held at the Huntington Hilton in Melville, NY, focused on marketing techniques. Presentations for this session included selling Upright™ MRI scans, diagnostic advantages of the Upright™ MRI and the role of advertising and its impact.