National Vision Announces Dates of Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Release and Conference Call

National Vision Announces Dates of Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings
Release and Conference Call 


LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., March 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Vision, Inc.
(AMEX:NVI) will announce its fourth quarter results for fiscal 2004 after the
market closes on Tuesday, March 22, 2005.  The Company will hold its investor
quarterly conference call and webcast on Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 10:00
a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The conference call will be open to the public. The toll-free telephone number
is 1-800-540-0559 and the leader is Reade Fahs.  The conference ID for the call
is 7VISION.  The conference call can also be accessed via webcast on the
National Vision web site at http://www.nationalvision.com/ .  A replay of the
conference call will be available on our web site beginning one hour after the
call is complete, and can also be accessed at 1-800-839-5244 through April 23,
2005.  For international callers a replay of the conference call can be
accessed at 402-220-2699.  No conference ID is required to listen to the
replay.

National Vision, Inc. is a retail optical company that operates vision centers
primarily within host environments in the United States and Mexico. Our vision
centers sell a wide range of optical products including eyeglasses, contact
lenses and sunglasses.  As of March 16, 2005, the Company operated 409 vision
centers, including 297 located inside domestic Wal-Mart stores.  We depend on
our domestic Wal-Mart locations for substantially all of our revenues and cash
flow.  Investments in the debt and equity securities of National Vision, Inc.
are subject to substantial risks as described in the Company's public filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

DATASOURCE: National Vision, Inc.



CONTACT:  Paul A. Criscillis, Jr., Senior Vice President and CFO of

National Vision, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.nationalvision.com/

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