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Operation Mitchell Plateau
It was a team effort when the RFDS was called to retrieve a woman who broke her leg hiking in one of WA’s most hard-to-reach locations.
More detailsLittle helpers
24 Feb 2020Meet Jack and Cowboy Roy – two kids doing big things for the Flying Doctor.
Read full storyBaby Daisy's Flying Doctor journey
24 Feb 2020Shantell Kennell was enjoying the perfect pregnancy, when almost overnight her blood pressure shot through the roof. Shantell was told she had severe preeclampsia, her life was in danger and the only sure ‘cure’ was to deliver her baby in a specialist unit 600km away...
Read full storyRio Tinto invests in a third aeromedical jet for RFDS Western Operations fleet
19 Feb 2020A third Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet is set to join the RFDS Western Operations fleet in 2022.
Read full storyFirst Flying Doctor midwife scholarship recipient hits the skies above Isa
18 Feb 2020In January, the first recipient of a new Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) midwifery scholarship has taken to the skies over North West Queensland.
Read full storyWeighing a RFDS PC-12 Aircraft
17 Feb 2020When our PC-12 aircraft arrive from the Pilatus factory in Switzerland, the plane undergoes an aeromedical fit-out, performed by our specialist engineers. The 760 hour fit-out equips the aircraft to serve as an intensive care unit in the sky.
Read full storyMeet the Team Monday
12 Feb 2020"I am really proud and privileged to work here at the RFDS!"
Read full storySmile Squad
12 Feb 2020The Flying Doctor Dental team has joined the Victorian government’s Smile Squad – a program set up to provide free examinations and dental treatment to Victorian public school children.
Read full storyBronwyn’s story
12 Feb 2020RFDS Victoria's Rural Women's GP service offers clients a gender choice when it comes to seeing a clinician. For Charlton local Bronwyn, the service has proven to be a "godsend".
Read full storyNational Standards update
07 Feb 2020RFDS Victoria’s voluntary participation in the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (National Standards) compliance assessment is fast approaching, with the auditing process commencing in late February 2020.
Read full storyOur staff – compassion in the face of crisis
05 Feb 2020As an organisation, we wish to publicly acknowledge and thank our staff for their work during - and no doubt beyond – the bushfire crisis.
Read full storyExpanding our service delivery with Nurse Practitioners
04 Feb 2020Recently the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) identified an opportunity to increase the number of nurse practitioner roles in our aeromedical retrieval services.
Read full storyRural junior doctor training program update
04 Feb 2020As 2019 came to an end, so did our first year of interns who participated in our rural junior doctor training program.
Read full storyHandle with Care Appeal - saving baby Calvary
01 Feb 2020When a rare heart condition threatened little Calvary's life, the Flying Doctor was there to see her to safety.
Read full storyFlying Doctor showcases initial plans for Bundaberg simulation training facility
31 Jan 2020The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has today showcased the preliminary plans for its world-class Aeromedical Retrieval Simulation Hub (AMRSH) to be built in Bundaberg.
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