SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 23, 2003

                         THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)

California                            0-3658                      95-1068610
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(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission                (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                     File Number)           Identification No.)


1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California                           92707-5913
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (714) 800-3000
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                                 Not Applicable.
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



Item 7.               Exhibits.


Exhibit No.           Description
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99.1                  Press Release.


Item 9.               Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On July 23,  2003,  The First  American  Corporation  announced  its second
quarter  financial  results.  The  full  text of the  press  release  issued  in
connection with the announcement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

     In  accordance  with  interim  guidance  issued by the SEC in Release  Nos.
33-8216 and 34-47583,  the  information  in this current  report and the exhibit
hereto  is  being  furnished  pursuant  to  Item  12 of Form  8-K,  "Results  of
Operations and Financial Condition," and is being presented under Item 9 of Form
8-K,  "Regulation FD Disclosure." As such, this  information is not deemed to be
"filed" for the  purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
and is not  incorporated  by  reference  into any  Securities  Act  registration
statement  unless it shall be explicitly so  incorporated  in such  registration
statement.




                                   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.


                                   THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION



Date: July 23, 2003                By: /s/ Thomas A. Klemens
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                                     Name:  Thomas A. Klemens
                                     Title: Executive Vice President and
                                            Chief Financial Officer