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Team effort saves lives
A truck driver made a lucky escape when his vehicle went up in flames in South Australia’s Birdsville Track.
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RFDS responds to Red CentreNATS burns victims
05 Sep 2017The RFDS played a key role in the mass emergency response following a car explosion at the Red CentreNATS event in Alice Springs on Sunday.
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OZ Outback Odyssey raises $140,000
01 Sep 2017A gruelling rally by a convoy of 24 cars over 30 years of age has wound its way through outback South Australia and Queensland in the OZ Outback Odyssey raising an amazing $140,000 for the Flying Doctor.
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Practice helping make perfect future Flying Doctors
01 Sep 2017It's not every day doctors arrive at a property on the outskirts of Dubbo to find a tractor overturned, brown snake circling and a severely injured farmer stranded with his mate. But that's exactly what new Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) recruits were confronted with recently.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service awarded United Nations community honour
29 Aug 2017The United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) awarded the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) a prestigious Community Award at its 2017 Peace Program Lifework Awards presentation in Sydney on Friday 25 August.
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RFDS selected as finalist in two categories in the 2017 Tasmanian Business Excellence Awards
25 Aug 2017Congratulations to the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Tasmania! They have been selected as finalists in two categories in the 2017 Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Business Excellence Awards!
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Chippie community to keep the Flying Doctor flying
20 Aug 2017Over 1200 staff of discount variety store chain Cheap as Chips will rally together – along with their customers – over the next three years to help keep the Flying Doctor flying.
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Feeling sick first warning of dangerous heart problem
16 Aug 2017Chris thought he had food poisoning when he got sick on his way home after a family holiday. But the 32-year-old miner from Broken Hill could have died.
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White Cliffs RFDS clinic patient Shannon shares his story
16 Aug 2017Shannon Forrest relies on our White Cliffs clinic for general healthcare for himself and his family. He shared his story.
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