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Expanding Hearing Screening And Treatment In Remote Australia
A new collaboration between Hearing Australia and the Royal Flying Doctor Service will see innovative hearing screening tools adopted and rolled out across the country as part of RFDS primary health care clinics to remote areas.
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RFDS releases primary health care study
13 Apr 2015The State Government’s vision for Tasmania is to 'have the healthiest population in Australia by 2025' is supported by the RFDS. The challenge in achieving this is clearly outlined in the report released by the RFDS today, for remote and rural Tasmania.
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Long Ride 4 Life supports the Flying Doctor
25 Mar 2015Four riders, four horses and four dogs completed an epic ride from Queensland to Tasmania to raise money for the Flying Doctor and the Leukaemia Foundation.
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A tough year for Mum – a family recalls 1992
16 Mar 2015Back in 1992, the Cullenward family was living on a property 12kms east of Enngonia, a tiny town 100kms north of Bourke.
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Casey is lucky to be alive
09 Mar 2015Casey Cherry remembers the moment he was thrown off his motorbike while riding up a dried creek bed on a station property outside of Broken Hill.
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Female GP's visit rural and remote locations
04 Mar 2015The RWGPS program provides regular visits by female GPs to communities that otherwise would not have access to this service.
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Lucy donates her birthday presents to the Flying Doctor
13 Feb 2015Lucy Laverty asked for money to be donated to the Flying Doctors instead of receiving birthday presents for her sixth birthday.
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Huge response from our donors
12 Feb 2015In March RFDS Victoria sent out a survey to all of our loyal donors. This was the first survey in four years that we’ve sent to our donors and we were blown away by the response.
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The QCoal Community Dental Service celebrates two years as it rolls into Rolleston
09 Feb 2015The QCoal Community Dental Service, delivered by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), celebrates its second anniversary while visiting the central Queensland town of Rolleston where it is providing free dental service to the community from 2 - 14 February, 2015.
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