National HealthCare Corporation appointed Ms. Sandra Y. Trail to its board of director, effective February 1, 2022. It is intended that Ms. Trail will be a nominee for election to the board for a three (3) year term at the company's 2022 annual meeting of the shareholders. The board determined that Ms. Trail is an independent director.

The board intends to make her committee assignment at its regularly scheduled meeting on February 10, 2022. Ms. Trail has been a licensed practicing attorney for over 35 years as a sole proprietor and since 2018 as a principal in the firm of Trail, Coleman and Stearns, PLLC. Ms. Trail currently serves as a board member of the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee Water Resources Board and World Outreach Church.