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Partnering for a more inclusive future
The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia was proud to host its first Indigenous nursing student as part of a new partnership with Murdoch University.
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#96 Emma's toddler went under both wheels of the 4WD...and survived!
20 Jun 2024Perth toddler, Parker Galloway, is lucky to be alive. While on a caravanning holidaying with his family, the two-year-old was run over by a 4WD Landcruiser.
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New RFDS facility opens at Busselton
14 Jun 2024A new purpose-built facility has officially opened at Busselton-Margaret River Airport for RFDS and St John WA crews.
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#95 When the nurse becomes the patient. Ann's battle with Stage 4 breast cancer.
13 Jun 2024Ann Rahn has always dreamt of becoming an RFDS Flight Nurse. But in the midst of Australia's Covid pandemic, Ann’s life took a wildly unexpected turn.
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Carol's story
13 Jun 2024Carol didn’t realise she had been bitten by the snake until she became very unwell about 15 minutes later.
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RFDS to open its first permanent GP clinic in Kalgoorlie
12 Jun 2024The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS WA) will open its first permanent GP clinic in Kalgoorlie in late 2024 to support the growing demand for primary health care in the Goldfields.
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RFDS promises Above & Beyond towards centenary
12 Jun 2024The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS WA) has launched its 2024 – 2028 Strategy, entitled Above & Beyond.
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Celebrating the past
11 Jun 2024Almost 400 supporters, donors, corporate partners, industry stakeholders and representatives from government came together at the Plaza Ballroom to celebrate RFDS Victoria’s annual Going the Distance Gala Dinner.
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#94 Judy found her young grandson lying 'flat and unresponsive' in the hallway
06 Jun 2024Judy knew that time was critical for her unconscious grandson, but every ‘frantic few minutes felt like a lifetime.
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#93 Devoted mum and courageous cancer survivor, Julia, has put her heart inside a pocket
31 May 2024Despite plenty of setbacks and heartbreak along the way, Julia Peterson always knew she wanted to be a mum. So, when her son Taylor decided to arrive into the world 'sooner than planned', Julia and her husband Ryan faced the challenge of a premature baby with the same incredible strength and courage
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Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Charity 2024 announced
29 May 2024The Royal Flying Doctor Service has been announced as Australia’s ‘Most Trusted Charity’ by the Australian Reader's Digest in their Trusted Brands survey of 2024.
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NRW 2024 - Now More than Ever
27 May 2024The #NRW2024 theme, Now More Than Ever, reminds us that now more than ever we need to finish the unfinished business of reconciliation.
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#92 Losing weight, eternally thirsty and feeling strange
24 May 2024Paige is a young mum, living in a remote station in the centre of Queensland. When Paige started to have an unquenchable thirst she did not realise the severity of her health situation.
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Brought back to life... twice: Colleen's story
24 May 2024Richard Elliott thought he’d lost the love of his life when his partner Colleen Pickering’s heart stopped not once, but twice, in the middle of the night – in the middle of the outback.
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New funding to boost RFDS health, research and education centre
23 May 2024The RFDS’s plans to construct a state-of-the-art health, research and education centre for Far North SA have been boosted by almost $1 million in funding from the SA Government.
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Paramedic turned patient: Sonia's story
23 May 2024For experienced paramedic Sonia Strong, finding herself in the back of an ambulance was an unnerving role reversal.
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