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RFDS joins the Mundi Mundi Bash

Royal Flying Doctor Service once again bound for the Bash in 2025

17 Jun 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDSSE) is once again taking flight for the Mundi Mundi Plains as an official charity partner of the 2025 Mundi Mundi Bash festival.

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11 Mar 2022

A close call for Busselton man with cardiac condition

Busselton 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.

Rodney Pascoe Evans
11 Mar 2022

WA Flying Doctor team delivers baby girl at Merredin Hospital

Pregnant mum June Woods was returning home to Perth on the Prospector Train when she began experiencing contractions earlier than expected.

RFDS and babies
11 Mar 2022

A new chapter in RFDS history

The 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.

helicopters
11 Mar 2022

A Message from WA Flying Doctor CEO Rebecca Tomkinson

This 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

Rebecca Tomkinson
11 Mar 2022

WA RFDS celebrates 94 years of service on Flying Doctor Day May 17

This 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.

WA RFDS celebrates 94 years of service on Flying Doctor Day May 17
11 Mar 2022

The story of Jimmy Darcy and his horse

As we celebrate the moment the RFDS took flight on its first mission on Flying Doctor Day May 17, we want to share a story that captured the attention of the country, including Flying Doctor founder Reverend John Flynn. 

The story of Jimmy Darcy and his horse
11 Mar 2022

Kalgoorlie boy Hamish Levy celebrates 5th birthday by supporting his Flying Doctor in WA

Five-year-old Kalgoorlie boy Hamish Levy may just be our biggest fan! To celebrate his fifth birthday, instead of asking for presents, Hamish asked his guests to donate to the WA Flying Doctor instead. What a champ!

Kalgoorlie boy fundraises for the WA Flying Doctor on his fifth birthday
10 Mar 2022

2021 RFDS Queensland Hero announced

Kate and Justin Boshammer have been crowned the 2021 RFDS Queensland Hero after turning their unimaginable grief into life-changing fundraising efforts to help others.

RFDS Queensland Hero announced
09 Mar 2022

Royal Flying Doctor Service WA and Lifeline WA partnership more important than ever before

A message of hope has been flying high this summer with two of Western Australia’s most trusted charities, the Royal Flying Doctor Service in WA and Lifeline WA, working together to support people with mental health issues.

Royal Flying Doctor Service WA and Lifeline WA partnership more important than ever before
02 Mar 2022

Quarter of a Century of King Air in Tasmania

For 25 years Beechcraft King Air 200s have been winging their way back and forth across Tasmania providing an aeromedical service that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year thanks to the partnership between two RFDS sections and the Tasmanian Government.

King Air aviation
02 Mar 2022

Wings of WA takes flight

Already in its first 60 days of service, our newest PC-12 has travelled to all corners of Western Australia and retrieved 63 patients.

Wings of WA takes flight
01 Mar 2022

RFDS responds to an urgent call for anti venom after man gets bitten by tiger snake

Snake bite venom can spread quickly throughout the body and are always given the highest priority by the RFDS.

Michael Dawson snake bite retrieval
25 Feb 2022

Dr Morris and his marvellous flying machine

This is the story of the Monospar VH-UTH "Captain Cook" in Australia and the role it played pioneering aeromedical flights in the lead-up to the formation of RFDS Tasmania. It even made an epic 12,000 mile flight through 22 countries from Sydney to the United Kingdom.

Monospar
25 Feb 2022

Rural mum's rare scare

When pregnant mum Anna Nunn woke up with an earache on her remote station, little did she know she was in for the shock of her life.

Rural mum's rare scare
25 Feb 2022

From pups to planes: meet the man behind the mask

Meet RFDS Trades Assistant Dave Rose, who spends hours each day at our Adelaide Base keeping our aeromedical fleet clean and safe from COVID-19.

RFDS Trades Assistant Dave Rose