Exhibit 99.1

             Medical Staffing Network Holdings Announces
       Adamson's Intention to Retire as Chief Executive Officer

    BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004--Medical Staffing
Network Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MRN) today announced that its Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Adamson has indicated his
intention to retire from his current role of Chief Executive Officer,
but will continue to serve as Executive Chairman of the Company's
Board of Directors. The Company's Board of Directors has formed an
Executive Committee, consisting of Directors David J. Wenstrup and
Scott Hilinski, which, working with Mr. Adamson, will implement a
succession plan to the CEO position. Mr. Adamson will continue to
serve as CEO until the plan is implemented, which the Company expects
to occur during 2004.
    Mr. Adamson is a co-founder of the Company, and, under his
management, Medical Staffing Network Holdings has become one of the
country's leading providers of temporary healthcare professionals. Mr.
Adamson commented, "Leading Medical Staffing Network Holdings from its
humble origins of being a very small company with very large ambitions
and turning those ambitions into a reality over the past six years has
been an exhilarating experience. During my tenure as CEO, I have
enjoyed leading a talented management team that achieved remarkable
performance in creating a company with revenues exceeding $500
million. The Company has developed a solid reputation as a provider of
high quality temporary healthcare staffing services on a national
scale and successfully diversified its range of services beyond its
core nurse per diem business. Medical Staffing Network Holdings has
gained significant market share and is well positioned to take
advantage of the expected long-term increase in demand for the
services that it provides. I am very confident in the Company and its
future and I look forward to working with the Board in completing a
smooth and orderly transition for the office of the Chief Executive
Officer.
    "This is the right time for me personally to step back from the
CEO role. As CEO, I am not capable of devoting anything less than 100%
of my energies. I am looking forward to the Executive Chairman role,
which will allow me to continue to contribute to the strategy and
direction of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, while reducing my
overall time commitment."
    Mr. Wenstrup, Director of Medical Staffing Network Holdings,
stated, "Robert has done a great job leading this company. He led
Medical Staffing Network Holdings through five years of incredible
growth, and has stabilized the Company during the current market
weakness. Importantly, he has also built a terrific team around him
and the strength and breadth of that team will make this transition
much easier. I look forward to continuing to work with Robert and the
team during and after the transition, and I remain excited about the
long-term prospects for growth at Medical Staffing Network Holdings."

    Company Summary

    Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. is the largest provider of
per diem nurse staffing services in the United States. The Company
also provides travel nurse staffing services and is a leading provider
of allied health professionals, including radiology specialists,
diagnostic imaging technicians and clinical laboratory technicians.
    This release contains statements that are forward-looking in
nature. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or
refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates,"
and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause our actual results and performance to be
materially different from any future results or performance expressed
or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include
the following: our ability to attract and retain qualified nurses and
other healthcare personnel, the Company's ability to enter into
contracts with healthcare facility clients on terms attractive to the
Company, the functioning of our information systems, the effect of
existing or future government regulation and federal and state
legislative and enforcement initiatives on our business, our clients'
ability to pay us for our services, the effect of liabilities and
other claims asserted against us, the effect of competition in the
markets we serve, the Company's ability to carry out its business
strategy and the demand for temporary nurses. Additional information
concerning these and other important factors can be found within the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Statements in this release should be evaluated in light of these
important factors. Although we believe that these statements are based
upon reasonable assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results. Given
these uncertainties, the forward-looking statements discussed in this
press release might not occur.

    CONTACT: Medical Staffing Network Holdings Inc., Boca Raton
             Robert J. Adamson, 561-322-1303