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Reader's Digest Most Trusted Brand Charity 2025 announced
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is humbled to have been announced, for the 5th consecutive year, as Australia’s ‘Most Trusted’ charity brand in the Readers Digest Trusted Brands Australia 2025.
More detailsRFDS (Qld Section) become Australia’s first & only IS-BAO Stage 2 dedicated aeromed provider
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), have achieved the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) Stage 2, making them the only IS-BAO registered dedicated aeromedical provider in Australia and one of only a handful in South East Asia.
Health students to gain world class training & experience thanks to new agreement
Today, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) and Towards International Medical Equality (TIME) organisation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support long-term rural and regional career pathways by helping students to gain invaluable experience.
Flying Doctor named as charity partner for Vivid Sydney 2019
The Flying Doctor is announced as the official charity partner for the 2019 Vivid festival.
Rural GPs train on the ground and now in the air with RFDS
Western Australia’s regional and remote health care networks are set to be strengthened with RFDS Western Operations achieving national accreditation as a training provider for rural General Practitioners (GPs).
Future female pilots take-off with the Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) are teaming up with STEM engagement specialists She Maps to give young women the opportunity to be drone pilots for the day. The high-flyers will be introduced to engineering and aviation, encouraging them to explore a career with the RFDS.
Local Hero 2019 launch
Nominations open tomorrow across Queensland for the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Local Hero Awards. Now in its fourth year, the award calls out and congratulates those community members who have rolled up their sleeves, put out their hands or stowed away their fears to help in an emergency.
Zaviah's story
"For children in Bourke it is nearly a five-hour drive to Dubbo which would mean an overnight stay for families who would have to take time off work and take the children out of school just to see a dentist."
QCoal Foundation furthers RFDS mental health support for North and Western Queensland communities
QCoal Foundation has granted the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) $25,000 funding to support the mental health of North and Western Queensland communities after the devastation of the recent unprecedented flooding.
RFDS welcomes two leading medical experts to its board
RFDS Western Operations is proud to announce the appointment of Director of Burns Service WA Professor Fiona Wood AM and McCusker Director of Lions Outback Vision Dr Angus Turner to its board.
The Flying Doctors Dental Team - Keeping children smiling all over NSW
“It’s the feeling that I can make a difference by educating a child, so their smile will last a lifetime, is what I love about my job."
RFDS pilot first woman in the Southern Hemisphere to command the Pilatus PC-24 jet
RFDS Western Operations pilot Lisa Roper-Campbell is the first woman in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere to command the world-first for aero medical service Pilatus PC-24 jet.
Boy's ordeal ends with 'magical' Flying Doctor Flight
“The Flying Doctor means everything to us because we are so isolated. I have always had such a great respect and appreciation for them,”
Robin Miller Dicks - The Sugar Bird Lady
Robin Miller Dicks left a rich legacy, not only through the lives she saved, but also through more modern attitudes to female pilots and women in the bush.
Taking Flight: Vicki Harrison, Pilot, Townsville
“Even though mum passed away in 2008, I knew she would have been thrilled that I was combining medicine and aviation. With her work as a nurse and love of flying, she had always wanted to work with the RFDS.”
