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Stay safe this harvest season
For the past 96 years, the nurses, doctors and pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been no strangers to Western Australian grain-growers.
More detailsHarvesting kindness: SA farmer-turned-author's tribute to young son
24 May 2023At just two days old Ziggy experienced his first aeromedical flight. The now seven-year-old is an inspiration to his young family – so much so that his dad, Brook, has penned a new children’s book dedicated to his son.
Read full storyGoing the distance: May 2023 fundraising recap
24 May 2023Check out all the latest Flying Doctor fundraisers and events making an impact in your community in recent months.
Read full storyRFDS Celebrates 95 Years of Providing Essential Health Care to Australians with Flying Doctor Day
17 May 2023On May 17, 2023, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) will mark its 95th anniversary and celebrate Flying Doctor Day. This day recognizes the RFDS's dedication to providing emergency aeromedical and primary health care services to the Australian community.
Read full storyRene recognised for exceptional service
16 May 2023In celebration of National Volunteer Week, the RFDS was honoured to present long-serving volunteer Rene Gillis with a Meritorious Service Award.
Read full storyNurses fly high: Meet Keirstie and Barb
12 May 2023Meet RFDS employees Keirstie Bull and Barb White, who have been named finalists in the 2023 SA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.
Read full storyBaby Jenson’s surprise arrival
10 May 2023When Coby Foster set off for a long weekend in Melbourne to enjoy the Australian Open with her friends, little did she know it would be months until she returned home.
Read full storyAustralian Government shores up Primary Health Care Access from Flying Doctor for the Bush
10 May 2023The Royal Flying Doctor Service welcomes the Australian Government’s Budget announcement of an additional $29 million over 2 years.
Read full story#70 How Sarah's stomach ache almost took her life.
05 May 2023Sarah Ward, a busy working mother, was not feeling great and had increasingly bad stomach pains, but kept putting off getting medical advice not realising she had a ruptured appendix and infection was spreading throughout her body.
Read full storyPilot Simon's 20 years
30 Apr 2023“I wanted to give back to the rural community in some way so the RFDS was my next logical step.” Twenty years later and Simon is still flying for the RFDS!
Read full storyFlying Doctor ‘Most Trusted Charity’ 2023
28 Apr 2023For the third consecutive year, RFDS has been named Australia’s Most Trusted Charity in this year’s Reader’s Digest trusted brand survey.
Read full storyRFDS and SAPOL make history with first 'highway landing' of aeromedical jet in Australia
28 Apr 2023The Flying Doctor performed the first ‘highway landing’ of an aeromedical jet on Australian soil, as part of a joint training exercise with SAPOL.
Read full storyRoyal Flying Doctor Service announced as Australia’s ‘Most Trusted Charity’
27 Apr 2023Read full storyReader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Charity 2023 announced
26 Apr 2023The Royal Flying Doctor Service has been announced as Australia’s ‘Most Trusted Charity’ based on the Australian Reader's Digest Trusted Brands survey of 2023.
Read full storyTaking flight later in life: Meet RFDS Pilot Alex Shearn
26 Apr 2023Alex Shearn always dreamed of taking to the skies like his dad, who was a pilot in the Australian Air Force. But from a young age he was told he was colourblind, quashing his aspirations to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Read full story#69 Emma's son was sleeping when a snake attempted to eat him
24 Apr 2023Living in far north Queensland is not for the faint of heart. Emma Jackson lives on Wolverton Station on Cape York Peninsula and in this podcast, she talks about what occurred when a guest had a 'widow-maker' heart attack and how her life was saved.
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