POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned as directors and/or officers of NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and NATIONWIDE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, both Ohio corporations, which have filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and, if applicable, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, various registration statements and amendments thereto for the registration of current, as well as any future, separate accounts established by said corporations for the purpose of registering under said Act(s) immediate or deferred variable annuity contracts, fixed interest rate options subject to a market value adjustment, group flexible fund retirement annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies in connection with the separate accounts and contracts listed below:

Variable Annuities and Variable Life Insurance Policies

Separate Account (1940 Act File No.)	1933 Act File Nos.
MFS Variable Account (811-2662)	002-73432
Multi-Flex Variable Account (811-3338)	033-23905, 002-75174
Nationwide Variable Account (811-2716)	002-58043, 333-80481, 033-60239
Nationwide Variable Account-II (811-3330)	002-75059, 033-67636, 033-60063, 333-103093, 333-103094, 333-103095, 333-104513, 333-104511, 333-104512, 333-104510, 333-105992, 333-147273, 333-140621, 333-144053, 333-147198, Choice Venue III (1933 Act File No. TBD)
Nationwide Variable Account-3 (811-5405)	033-18422, 033-24434
Nationwide Variable Account-4 (811-5701)	033-25734, 033-26454, 333-62692, 333-135650, 333-140812
Nationwide Variable Account-5 (811-8142)	033-71440
Nationwide Variable Account-6 (811-8684)	033-82370, 333-21909
Nationwide Variable Account-7 (811-8666)	033-82190, 033-82174, 033-89560
Nationwide Variable Account-8 (811-7357)	033-62637, 033-62659
Nationwide Variable Account-9 (811-08241)	333-28995, 333-52579, 333-56073, 333-53023, 333-79327, 333-69014, 333-75360
Nationwide Variable Account-10 (811-09407)	333-81701
Nationwide Variable Account-11 (811-10591)	333-74904, 333-74908
Nationwide Variable Account-12 (811-21099)	333-88612, 333-108894
Nationwide Variable Account-13 (811-21139)	333-91890
Nationwide Variable Account-14 (811-21205)	333-104339
Nationwide VA Separate Account-A (811-5606)	033-85164, 333-22940
Nationwide VA Separate Account-B (811-06399)	033-86408, 033-93482, 333-11415
Nationwide VA Separate Account-C (811-7908)	033-66496, 333-44485
Nationwide VA Separate Account-D (811-10139)	333-45976
Nationwide VLI Separate Account (811-4399)	033-00145, 033-44290, 033-35698
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-2 (811-5311)	033-16999, 033-62795, 033-42180, 033-35783, 033-63179, 333-27133
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3 (811-6140)	033-44789, 033-44296
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-4 (811-8301)	333-31725, 333-43671, 333-52617, 333-94037, 333-52615, 333-53728, 333-69160, 333-83010, 333-137202, Marathon Corporate Variable Universal Life (1933 Act File No. TBD)
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-5 (811-10143)	333-46338, 333-46412, 333-66572, 333-121881, 333-125481, 333-125482
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-6 (811-21398)	333-106908
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-7 (811-21610)	333-117998, 333-121879, 333-146649, 333-140606, 333-149295
Nationwide VL Separate Account-A (811-6137)	033-44792, 033-44300, 033-35775, 333-27123, 333-22677
Nationwide VL Separate Account-B (811-07819)	333-12333
Nationwide VL Separate Account-C (811-8351)	333-43639, 333-36869
Nationwide VL Separate Account-D (811-08891)	333-59517

Variable Annuities and Variable Life Insurance Policies (continued)

Separate Account (1940 Act File No.)	1933 Act File Nos.
Nationwide VL Separate Account-G (811-21697)	333-121878, 333-140608, 333-146073, 333-146650, 333149213

General Account Products

Insurance Company	1933 Act File Nos.
Nationwide Life Insurance Company	333-133163, 333-49112, 333-149613
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company	333-47640

hereby constitute and appoint W.G. Jurgensen, Mark R. Thresher, Peter A. Golato, John L. Carter, Jamie Ruff Casto, Timothy D. Crawford, Stephen M. Jackson, Jeanny V. Simaitis and W. Michael Stobart, and each of them with power to act without the others, as his/her attorney, with full power of substitution for and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve, and sign such Applications and Registration Statements, and any and all amendments thereto, with power to affix the corporate seal of said corporation thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have herewith set their names as of this 24^th day of June, 2008.

/s/ W. G. JURGENSEN	/s/ ARDEN L. SHISLER
W. G. JURGENSEN, Director and Chief Executive Officer	ARDEN L. SHISLER, Chairman of the Board
/s/ JOSEPH A. ALUTTO	/s/JAMES G. BROCKSMITH, JR.
JOSEPH A. ALUTTO, Director	JAMES G. BROCKSMITH, JR., Director
/s/KEITH W. ECKEL	/s/LYDIA M. MARSHALL
KEITH W. ECKEL, Director	LYDIA M. MARSHALL, Director
/s/MARTHA MILLER DE LOMBERA	/s/ DAVID O. MILLER
MARTHA MILLER DE LOMBERA, Director	DAVID O. MILLER, Director
/s/JAMES F. PATTERSON	/s/GERALD D. PROTHRO
JAMES F. PATTERSON, Director	GERALD D. PROTHRO, Director
/s/ALEX SHUMATE	/s/THOMAS F. ZENTY III
ALEX SHUMATE, Director	THOMAS F. ZENTY III, Director