NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 3/23/98 – Standard&Poor's today assigned its double-`A' rating to North Carolina Medical Care Commission's $130 million revenue bonds (Novant Health Project) series 1998A dated March 1, 1998, issued for Novant Health Inc. The bonds are expected to sell April 8, 1998. Standard&Poor's affirmed its double-`A' rating on the commission's debt issued for Novant as follows: -- $145.81 million refunding revenue bonds (Carolina Medicorp) series 1992A&B and 1996, -- $102.75 million hospital revenue bonds (Presbyterian Health Service Corp.) series 1993, -- $67.35 million hospital revenue bonds (Presbyterian Health Service Corp.) series 1992, and -- $40.75 million hospital revenue bonds (Carolina Medicorp Project) series 1991. The double-`A' ratings reflect Novant's strong regional