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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): NOVEMBER 14, 2005

                              COVALENT GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Delaware                    0-21145              56-1668867
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   (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
         of incorporation              File Number)       Identification No.)

                         One Glenhardie Corporate Center
                               1275 Drummers Lane
                                    Suite 100
                                 Wayne, PA 19087
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                (Address of principal executive offices/Zip Code)

                                 (610) 975-9533
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

        On November 11, 2005, Covalent Group, Inc. ("Covalent") issued a press
release announcing Covalent's corrected financial results for its third fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 2005.

        A copy of Covalent's corrected press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

        The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the
exhibit hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

        (c) Exhibits.

                99.1 - Press release dated November 11, 2005.



                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                             COVALENT GROUP, INC.

Date: November 14, 2005                      By:     /s/ Lawrence R. Hoffman
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                                             Name:   Lawrence R. Hoffman
                                             Title:  Executive Vice President,
                                                     General Counsel, Secretary
                                                     and Chief Financial Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER  DOCUMENT
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99.1            Press release dated November 11, 2005.