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Vale Dame Marie Bashir

Vale Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir

21 Jan 2026

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is deeply saddened by the passing of Dame Marie Bashir. Dame Marie Bashir served as joint Patron of the RFDS South Eastern Section with her husband, the late Sir Nicholas Shehadie, during her term as Governor of New South Wales from 2001 to 2014.

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13 Oct 2021

Message from our president

Thanks to generous support, the Flying Doctor spans NSW to meet the challenge of COVID

President Alex Scamps
13 Oct 2021

With your support, Flying Doctor comes to the rescue for rider seriously injured in the outback

Angels of the sky help young rider who sustained serious injuries in a motorbike accident while with friends in outback NSW..

Hamish Noble riding
10 Aug 2021

Launch of RFDS TV series

RFDS depicts the passion and dedication of the Flying Doctor.

RFDS to launch on our screens
09 Aug 2021

Message from our President

A message from RFDSSE President Alex Scamps

President Alex Scamps
09 Aug 2021

Back to the outback from Bankstown

New Non-Emergency Patient Transport service takes off from Bankstown.

Bankstown Launch
06 Aug 2021

Message from our CEO

A message from our Chief Executive Officer, Greg Sam.

CEO Greg Sam
06 Aug 2021

Terence completes the cycle

“I had a massive, sudden, incredible pain in the back of my head. I knew that something had happened.”

Terence Miller riding to raise money for RFDS
06 Aug 2021

Bourke and Wills territory safe at last

Where once there was nothing, the RFDS Cooper Basin Clinic now offers locals everything ‘from dental to mental’ health care

Cooper Basin Clinic