Exhibit 3.1a


                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC.



1.   The name of the corporation is PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC.

2.   Article  I of the  Amended  and  Restated  Articles  of  Incorporation,  as
     amended,  of PSS WORLD  MEDICAL,  INC.,  a Florida  corporation,  is hereby
     amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                                ARTICLE I - NAME

     "The name of this corporation is PSS MEDICAL, INC."

3.   The foregoing amendment did not require shareholder approval. The foregoing
     amendment  was duly  approved  and adopted by the Board of Directors of the
     corporation on July 13, 2001.

4.   The  foregoing  amendment  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  with the
     Secretary  of State of the  state  of  Florida.  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the
     undersigned  Director of the  corporation  has executed  these  Articles of
     Amendment this 24th day of September, 2001.

                    PSS MEDICAL, INC.




                    By:       /s/ David A. Smith
                             ------------------------
                    Print:    David A. Smith

                    Its:  Director