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#87 How did Gayle lose the use of both arms in a farm-accident?
After Gayle's life-changing accident on a remote cattle station in Queensland, they have had to adapt to a new life, despite one arm being amputated and the other being paralysed
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Festival will once again rock the outback
06 Apr 2022As one Mundi Mundi Bash comes to fruition, we are excitedly preparing for the next outback festival in just a few months’ time
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Anna overcomes fear with Flying Doctor
06 Apr 2022Going into labour and needing to be flown to hospital wasn’t part of the plan for a quiet weekend away.
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Flying Doctor Community Transport is set to expand its service right across Victoria.
31 Mar 2022RFDS Victoria is proud and excited to announce that it will be expanding its successful Community Transport service into eight new sites across Victoria from 2022.
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Australian Government announces Flying Doctor 10-year strategic partnership
25 Mar 2022The Minister for Regional Health, Dr David Gillespie, and Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Chair, Dr John O’Donnell, today announced a ten-year $1 billion partnership between the Australian Government and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
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Newest recruits complete induction training
21 Mar 2022Our newest doctors spent a day treating simulated patients in scenario-based exercises.
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QCoal Foundation invests in innovative RFDS pilot training
18 Mar 2022The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) today welcomed a new $3 million commitment from QCoal Foundation for a new world-class aviation training facility in Bundaberg.
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Close The Gap Day
17 Mar 202217th of March is National Close the Gap Day, a day of action for Indigenous health equality, that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
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WA Flying Doctor marks Close the Gap Day
17 Mar 2022Every day, WA Flying Doctor crews travel hundreds of kilometres to Close the Gap, delivering essential healthcare to many remote Aboriginal communities. Here are some of their stories.
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WA Flying Doctor's fleet boosted by arrival of new Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet
14 Mar 2022Thanks to an investment from our Principal Partner Rio Tinto, today the WA Flying Doctor was thrilled to welcome a third Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet to boost our aeromedical fleet.
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Flying Doctor continues its integral role in the national COVID vaccination rollout
14 Mar 2022The Flying Doctor has been helping safeguard families against COVID by providing adults and children with their vaccinations.
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A close call for Busselton man with cardiac condition
11 Mar 2022Busselton local Annie Evans-Pascoe has thanked the Royal Flying Doctor Service (WA) for coming to the aid of her husband after his heart stopped multiple times, causing him to experience sudden blackouts.
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WA Flying Doctor team delivers baby girl at Merredin Hospital
11 Mar 2022Pregnant mum June Woods was returning home to Perth on the Prospector Train when she began experiencing contractions earlier than expected.
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A new chapter in RFDS history
11 Mar 2022The RFDS in Western Australia is excited to be the first Australian State to integrate helicopters into our service to meet the evolving health needs of regional Western Australians.
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A Message from WA Flying Doctor CEO Rebecca Tomkinson
11 Mar 2022This is the experience of the Flying Doctor in a pandemic. Our entire team has been busy preparing for this response, and I am incredibly proud of their dedication, hard work and innovation," - RFDS WA CEO Rebecca Tomkinson
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WA RFDS celebrates 94 years of service on Flying Doctor Day May 17
11 Mar 2022This Flying Doctor Day, we will call on the Western Australian community to help us through the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and continue to invest in technology and training that make us the world-leading aeromedical service that Western Australians deserve.
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