FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Starck Daniel J 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/28/2005 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC [AHG] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC., 26220 ENTERPRISE COURT 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP, Customer Services 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) LAKE FOREST, CA 92630 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock (1) 10,000 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	04/26/2002(2)	04/25/2011	Common Stock	20,000	$ 26.23	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	01/02/2003(3)	01/01/2012	Common Stock	15,000	$ 24.01	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	01/02/2004(4)	01/01/2013	Common Stock	20,000	$ 22.4	D	Â
Employee Stock Purchase Right (Right to Buy)	12/31/2004(5)	08/12/2013	Common Stock	11,000	$ 6.46	D	Â
Employee Stock Purchase Right (Right to Buy)	12/31/2009(6)	08/12/2013	Common Stock	17,000	$ 6.46	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	06/23/2004(7)	06/22/2013	Common Stock	10,000	$ 23.3	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	02/16/2005(8)	02/15/2014	Common Stock	40,000	$ 30.4	D	Â
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/30/2005(9)	12/29/2014	Common Stock	20,000	$ 33.4	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Starck Daniel J C/O APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP INC. 26220 ENTERPRISE COURT LAKE FOREST, CA 92630	Â	Â	  EVP, Customer Services	Â

Signatures

Daniel J. Starck by Raoul Smyth, Attorney-In-Fact		12/05/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Grant of restricted shares pursuant to issuer's 2003 Performance Incentive Plan subject to vesting on December 31, 2011, and the reporting person's continued employment through that date, and also subject to full acceleration if AHG achieves a predetermined performance target for the three-year period ending December 31, 2007.
(2)	This option was granted under the issuer's 1998 Nonqualified Stock Incentive Plan and vested in an initial 6,666 share installment on April 26, 2002 and 2 equal 6,667 share installments on April 26, 2003 and April 26, 2004.
(3)	This option was granted under the issuer's 1992 Stock Incentive Plan and vested in 3 equal 5,000 share installments on January 2, 2003, January 2, 2004 and January 2, 2005.
(4)	This option was granted under the issuer's 1998 Nonqualified Stock Incentive Plan and vests in an initial 6,666 share installment on January 2, 2004 and 2 equal 6,667 share installments on January 2, 2005 and January 2, 2006.
(5)	This award was granted under the issuer's 2003 Performance Incentive Plan and vested on December 31, 2004.
(6)	This award was granted under the issuer's 2003 Performance Incentive Plan and vested on December 31, 2009, subject to the reporting person's continued employment through that date and subject to full or partial acceleration if Apria Healthcare Group Inc. achieves certain pre-determined performance targets for the three-year period ending December 31, 2005.
(7)	This option was granted under the issuer's 1997 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan and vests in 2 equal 3,333 share installments on June 23, 2004 and June 23, 2005 and one final 3,334 share installment on June 23, 2006.
(8)	This option was granted under the issuer's 2003 Performance Incentive Plan and vests in 2 equal 13,333 share installments on February 16, 2005 and February 16, 2006 and one final 13,334 share installment on February 16, 2007.
(9)	This option was granted under the issuer's 2003 Performance Incentive Plan and vests in an initial 6,666 share installment on December 30, 2005 and 2 equal 6,667 share installments on December 30, 2006 and December 30, 2007.

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