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<FONT SIZE=5><STRONG><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=5><STRONG><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM 8-K</P>
</FONT></STRONG><P ALIGN="CENTER">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Date of Report: <U>August 26, 2002</P>
</U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Commission file number: 0-16946</P>
<B><U><FONT FACE="Times,Times New Roman" SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">Lab<I>One</I>, Inc.</P>
</B></U></FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">10101 Renner Blvd.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Lenexa, Kansas 66219</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(913) 888-1770</P>
<FONT FACE="Times,Times New Roman"><P ALIGN="CENTER">Incorporated in Missouri</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 43-1039532</P>
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<FONT FACE="Times,Times New Roman"><P>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure</P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Lab<I>One</I> Adds John P. "Jake" Mascotte to Its Board of Directors</P>
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<P>Lab<I>One</I>, Inc. announced today that at its Board meeting last Thursday, the size of the Board was increased from seven to eight directors, and Jake Mascotte was appointed a Class B director. His term ends at the 2004 annual meeting of shareholders. </P>

<P>Mascotte retired as president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross and  Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. on June 30, 2001.  He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of the Continental Corporation, an insurance holding company, which merged in 1995 with CNA.  After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School, he began his career as law clerk to Howard A. Dawson, Jr., former chief judge of the United States Tax Court, and then joined Coopers & Lybrand as a tax specialist before becoming executive vice president of People's Trust Bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Mascotte also is a certified public accountant and a chartered life underwriter.</P>

<P>Mascotte also serves on the boards of Wyeth, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Crown Media, Inc., and Businessmen's Assurance Company.  He is a member of the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute and serves on the board of the Hall Family Foundation.  Mascotte is the former national chairman of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the nation's largest non-profit developer of low-income housing, and he now serves as chairman of Winco, a LISC affilliate which acts as an intermediary in support of welfare-to-work initiatives.  He is a member of  the board of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University in New York and a former Trustee of the New York Public Library and Lincoln Center in New York.  He is co-chairman of Kansas City's Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation. His successful efforts on this project were recognized by the Washington D.C.-based Partners for Livable Communities with the first Bridge Builders Award honoring civic leaders from five American cities for their commitment to reach across the gulf of race, religion, and economic status to build better communities.</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=5>Lab<I>One</I>, Inc.</P>
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      <P>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;August 26, 2002</P></TD>
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      <P>By <U>/s/ <I>John W. McCarty</I></U><BR>John W. McCarty
      <BR>Executive V.P. and Chief Financial Officer
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LabOne, Inc. Form 8-K dated August 26, 2002
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report:
August 26, 2002
Commission file number: 0-16946
Lab
One
, Inc.
10101 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, Kansas 66219
(913) 888-1770
Incorporated in Missouri
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 43-1039532
Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure
Lab
One
Adds John P. "Jake" Mascotte to Its Board of Directors
Lab
One
, Inc. announced today that at its Board meeting last Thursday, the size of the Board was increased from seven to eight directors, and Jake Mascotte was appointed a Class B director. His term ends at the 2004 annual meeting of shareholders.
Mascotte retired as president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross and  Blue Shield of Kansas City, Inc. on June 30, 2001.  He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of the Continental Corporation, an insurance holding company, which merged in 1995 with CNA.  After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School, he began his career as law clerk to Howard A. Dawson, Jr., former chief judge of the United States Tax Court, and then joined Coopers & Lybrand as a tax specialist before becoming executive vice president of People's Trust Bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Mascotte also is a certified public accountant and a chartered life underwriter.
Mascotte also serves on the boards of Wyeth, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Crown Media, Inc., and Businessmen's Assurance Company.  He is a member of the board of trustees of the Aspen Institute and serves on the board of the Hall Family Foundation.  Mascotte is the former national chairman of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the nation's largest non-profit developer of low-income housing, and he now serves as chairman of Winco, a LISC affilliate which acts as an intermediary in support of welfare-to-work initiatives.  He is a member of  the board of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University in New York and a former Trustee of the New York Public Library and Lincoln Center in New York.  He is co-chairman of Kansas City's Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation. His successful efforts on this project were recognized by the Washington D.C.-based Partners for Livable Communities with the first Bridge Builders Award honoring civic leaders from five American cities for their commitment to reach across the gulf of race, religion, and economic status to build better communities.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Lab
One
, Inc.
Date:  August 26, 2002
By
/s/
John W. McCarty
John W. McCarty
Executive V.P. and Chief Financial Officer