Form 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549 
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person* 
Robert W. Stein	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
National Vision, Inc. (NVI)	6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
___ Director                    ___ 10% Owner
  X   Officer (give             ___ Other (specify
                  title below)                     below)
Sr. Vice President, Human Resources	
(Last)     (First)     (Middle)
296 Grayson Highway	3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number
    of Reporting Person,
    if an entity
    (voluntary)	4.  Statement for
     Month/Day/Year 
04/01/03		
 (Street)
Lawrenceville, GA  30045		5. If Amendment, Date of
    Original
    (Month/Day/Year) 	7. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date 

(Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed
       Execution Date, if
       any
       (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially Owned
    Following Reported
    Transactions(s)

(Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or Indirect (I)
    (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of
    Indirect
    Beneficial
    Ownership

   (Instr. 4)	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				

Common Stock*	
04/01/03 		
A 		
1,000.00	
A 		
1,329.000	
D 		

	 										

 
FORM 4 (continued)	Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. 
    Title of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.3)	2. Conversion
    or Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security	3. 
Transaction
Date
(Month/Day
Year)	3A. 
Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)	4. 
Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)	5. 
Number of
Derivative
Securities Acquired
(A) or
Disposed
of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4
and 5)	6. 
Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date 
(Month/Day/Year)	7. 
Title and
Amount of
Underlying
Securities
(Instr. 3
and 4)	8. 
Price of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)	9. 
Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported
Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)	10. 
Ownership
Form of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned at
End of
Month 
(Instr. 4)	11. 
Nature
of Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4) 
 	
 	 	 	 	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date
Exercisable	Expiration
Date	Title	Amount
or
Number
of Shares					

																
Explanation of Responses:
*Issuance of shares under Performance Share Award Agreement.	
	/s/ Mitchell Goodman  

Mitchell Goodman for Robert W. Stein 
**Signature of Reporting Person	  04/02/03 

Date	
  			
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*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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).	
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