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#91 Station boss Carol's helicopter hit the power line and hit the ground
Carol Godfrey, managing a large pastoral property in SW Queensland, survived a near-fatal helicopter accident in 2011 while herding cattle. Her experience reshaped her perspective, embodying her mantra: you can do anything you put your mind to.
More detailsFrances heads to Tahiti for World Sprints
10 Jul 2018RFDS WA Medical Services administration coordinator Frances will travel to Tahiti this month to compete in the Va'a World Sprint Championships.
Read full storyRural Health Minister visits Launceston
04 Jul 2018It was a pleasure to have the Minister for Rural Health, Senator Bridget McKenzie visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service base in Launceston today to see how the Coalition Government’s four-year commitment to the RFDS of $327 million will ensure essential services are available.
Read full storyCelebrating our National Fuel Partnership with AirBP
03 Jul 2018We are proud to call Air BP our national fuel partner. This week we celebrated the partnership at our Adelaide base!
Read full storyTax Appeal 2018
22 Jun 2018In the lead up to the 2018 End of Financial Year, Perth business man Ben Pollard shares why he supports the Royal Flying Doctor Service through regular giving.
Read full storyRFDS WA nurses facilitate primary health care to PNG communities
11 Jun 2018RFDS nurses Fiona and Fran delivered primary health care to remote villages in Papa New Guinea as part of a No Roads Expedition clinical outreach program in May this year.
Read full storyAir BP becomes a National Partner of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
04 Jun 2018The Royal Flying Doctor Service is delighted to announce that Air BP, one of the world's largest suppliers of aviation fuel products and services, has become their third National Partner.
Read full storyAccidents aren’t ever part of the plan
04 Jun 2018Please donate to the Royal Flying Doctor Service to ensure there's a plan for when accidents happen.
Read full story90th Air Pilgrimage, what an adventure!
01 Jun 2018What a spectacular celebration of 90 years of the Flying Doc and great opportunity to reflect on the services history, and indeed the services future. A truly memorable event with over 50 aviation enthusiasts from the AAAA, travelling with 25 Antique Aircraft throughout rural NSW & QLD
Read full storyHealth and Aviation Online
30 May 2018Until Recently, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) heavily relied on the use of paper-based systems to record patient medical data. In conjunction with Brisbane based tech start-up, Buckham&Duffy, the RFDS have developed and transitioned records their new digitised system.
Read full storyGrazier lucky to be alive after high-speed crash on remote station
18 May 2018The boys strapped me onto an old shearing bed and put me on the back of the utility and we made our way to the nearest registered airstrip to meet the RFDS plane. Those are just the things you have to do out here if you’ve got nothing on hand.
Read full storyRFDS celebrates very special patient anniversary 40 years on
18 May 2018If it wasn’t for the Flying Doctor I hate to think what the outcome would have been for John, or me. The staff were just wonderful and I have such a special memory of them.
Read full storyPatient Story - Tarryn Vallance
18 May 2018“You hear about the RFDS, but you never think you’ll need them. But without them, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Read full story2018 Local Heroes Announced
15 May 2018Nine local heroes from each of Queensland's nine RFDS bases have been announced.
Read full storyA mother's worst nightmare
12 May 2018What started out like a normal day for mother of four Susan Thorne, would later be one she remembers as “the worst day of our lives”.
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