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Supagas joins the Royal Flying Doctor Service as a National Community Partner
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is proud to welcome Supagas as a National Community Partner, joining forces to support the delivery of essential healthcare to people living, working and travelling across regional, rural and remote Australia.
More details60 years since RFDS took flight in Tasmania
Brian Scanlon joined the St John’s Ambulance Service cadets in Hobart when he was 11 years old and little did he know that he would go on to play a part in a historic event for Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania when it made its first official flight on September 14, 1960.
Leave a lasting legacy in support of the RFDS
In leaving a bequest to the Flying Doctor in Western Australia, you will be welcomed as a member of the Robin Miller Society and share a unique bond with those who stand beside you in leaving a lasting legacy.
RFDS encourages people to consider leaving a gift in their Will
Scott McKay is carrying on his great grandfather’s legacy by encouraging people to consider leaving a gift in their Will for the Flying Doctor.
Nine-year-old reunited with workers who saved his life
Joshua Bacon was set into panic mode when his fearless nine year-old son Jake, suffered a heart attack and collapsed unconscious on the soccer field last year.
COVID-19 safety measures here to stay
Measures put in place by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) during the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay, after having created flow-on benefits for the business.
Your WA Flying Doctor Spring Magazine is out now!
Filled with incredible stories of courage and resilience from our crews and patients across Western Australia, you won't want to miss the latest edition of Your Flying Doctor Spring Magazine.
Flight Nurse reunited with baby born onboard aircraft
It was a reunion four years in the making. After giving birth to a little boy in the back of an RFDS aircraft in 2017, Lucy Westcott and her family were reunited with their Flight Nurse Timna Wright.
Prioritising health in rural Queensland
For 18 years, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Nurse Manager Jo Mahony has been a driving force in supporting rural communities through every high and low.
One Click Life partners with RFDS in Western Australia
Yet to do your tax? Australian financial services company One Click Life have partnered with the RFDS to give back to communities.
Coral Bay shark bite victim in safe hands of the RFDS
New South Wales boy Jackson Bartlett, 10, was snorkeling off Coral Bay in WA’s North West with his dad in June when he noticed a large shadow moving fast towards him.
WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service
Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.
Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying
For everyone in the region around Gregory, the RFDS is their general practitioner, their emergency response and their mental health support. So, when we needed an upgraded clinic, the local women stepped in to help.
Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.
RFDS calls for help to assist cardiac patients
Cardiac emergencies account for almost 25 per cent of all patients transported by the Flying Doctor. And keeping so many critically-ill patients safe in the air requires constant access to a vast and costly range of cardiac monitoring medical equipment and supplies.
The accidental psychologist
For some, working in healthcare is a lifelong dream. For Dr Tim Driscoll it was a happy accident, stumbling upon the profession while working abroad. Now Tim helps hundreds of Queenslanders improve their mental health each year.
