Exhibit 1 Joint Filing Agreement In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (including any...

                                                                Exhibit 1

                            Joint Filing Agreement


            In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing
on behalf of each of them of Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of Coastal Physician Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit to
such joint filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned parties, each
being duly authorized, hereby execute this Agreement on the 12th day of
June, 1998.


                                       /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       ----------------------------------
                                       Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.



                                       XXXXX MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: Manager



                                       THE SIGNAL FUND, L.P.


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: General Partner


                                       THE XXXXXX X. XXXXX FAMILY LIMITED
                                       PARTNERSHIP


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: General Partner



                                       DOCTORS HEALTH PLAN, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: President



                                       THE XXXXX FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: President



                                       S&WLP


                                       By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                          -------------------------------
                                       Name:  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D.
                                       Title: General Partner