SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)

           INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
     RULES 13d-1(b)(c) and (d) and AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                 RULE 13d-2(b)
                               (Amendment No. _)1

                        PAM Transportation Services, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    693149106
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                  July 22, 2003
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check  appropriate  box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is
filed:


    [ ]  Rule 13d-1(b)

    [X]  Rule 13d-1(c)

    [ ]  Rule 13d-1(d)


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     (1)  The  remainder  of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's  initial  filing on this  form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The  information  required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed"  for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).





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CUSIP NO. 693149106                                     Page  2  of  6   Pages
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                    1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                          S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
                          PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)

                          Neil Gagnon
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                     2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                          (a) [ ] (b)
                          [X]
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                     3    SEC USE ONLY

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                     4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                         United States of America
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                     5   SOLE VOTING POWER

                         184,318
  NUMBER OF
   SHARES            6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY               137,325
   EACH
 REPORTING           7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  PERSON
   WITH                  183,053

                     8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                         403,201
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                     9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING

                         586,254
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                    10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
                        CERTAIN SHARES* [   ]
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                    11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                        5.2%
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                    12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                        IN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!




Item 1(a)    Name of Issuer:

         PAM Transportation Services, Inc.

Item 1(b)    Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

         297 West Henri De Tonti
         Tontitown, Arkansas  72770

Item 2(a)    Name of Person Filing:

         Neil Gagnon

Item 2(b)    Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:

         1370 Avenue of the Americas
         Suite 2002
         New York, NY 10019

Item 2(c)    Citizenship:

         United States of America

Item 2(d)    Title of Class of Securities:

         Common Shares, par value $.01 per share

Item 2(e)    CUSIP Number:

         693149106

Item 3       Type of Reporting Person:

         Not Applicable

Item 4       Ownership.

Item 4(a)    Amount Beneficially Owned:

     As of July 22,  2003,  Neil Gagnon  beneficially  owned  586,254  shares of
Common Stock of PAM  Transportation  Services,  Inc.,  which amount includes (i)
126,040  shares  beneficially  owned by Mr. Gagnon over which he has sole voting
and dispositive  power;  (ii) 740 shares  beneficially  owned by Mr. Gagnon over
which he has sole voting power and shared dispositive power; (iii) 67,065 shares
beneficially  owned by Lois Gagnon,  Mr. Gagnon's wife, over which he has shared
voting and shared  dispositive power; (iv) 26,685 shares held by the Lois E. and
Neil E. Gagnon Foundation (the  "Foundation"),  of which Mr. Gagnon is a trustee
and over which he has shared  voting and shared  dispositive  power;  (v) 24,165
shares held by the Gagnon Family  Limited  Partnership  (the  "Partnership")  of
which Mr.  Gagnon is a partner  and over which he has  shared  voting and shared
dispositive  power;  (vi) 19,410 shares held by the Gagnon  Grandchildren  Trust
(the "Trust") over which Mr. Gagnon has dispositive  but no voting power;  (vii)
57,013 shares held by a hedge fund (of which Mr. Gagnon is the  principal)  over
which Mr. Gagnon has sole  dispositive and voting power;  (viii) 525 shares held
by the Gagnon  Securities  LLC P/S Plan (the  "Plan") (of which Mr.  Gagnon is a
trustee) over which Mr. Gagnon has shared dispositive and sole voting power; and
(ix)  264,611  shares held for certain  customers of Gagnon  Securities  LLC (of
which Mr.  Gagnon is the  Managing  Member and the  principal  owner) over which
shares Mr. Gagnon has shared dispositive but no voting power.

Item 4(b)    Percent of Class:

     5.2%  beneficially  owned  by Mr.  Gagnon.  Calculation  of  percentage  of
beneficial  ownership  is based on  11,288,207  shares of Issuer's  Common Stock
outstanding on April 30, 2003 as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly  Report
filed on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2003.






Item 4(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

         (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 184,318

         (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 137,325

         (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 183,053

         (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 403,201

Items 5-9. Not applicable.

     Filing of this  statement  by the  Reporting  Person shall not be deemed an
admission that he  beneficially  owns the securities  reported herein as held in
customer accounts at Gagnon Securities LLC, by the Foundation,  the Partnership,
the Trust or the Plan. Mr. Gagnon expressly  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of
all  securities  held  in  such  customer  accounts  or by the  Foundation,  the
Partnership  or the  Trust.  No single  client's  interest  as  reported  in the
customer accounts at Gagnon Securities LLC exceeds 5% of the outstanding  Common
Stock.

Item 10   Certification.

     By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the  securities  referred  to above were not  acquired  and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of  changing  or  influencing  the  control of the
issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired and are not held in  connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.





                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

                                          August 1, 2003
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                                          Date

                                          /s/ Neil Gagnon
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                                          Neil Gagnon