The RFDS in QLD

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Meg Prendergast

Making every donation count

12 Dec 2025

When someone reaches out to the Flying Doctor to show their appreciation for the Service, our Supporter Care Manager, Meg Prendergast, and her team are there to make sure every gesture of thanks is valued.

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08 Mar 2024

Bringing Dental Care to the Outback

For Renae, her role with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) isn’t just about dentistry – it is also about adventure.

RFDS Dental truck
04 Mar 2024

Born to be an engineer

RFDS Senior Base Engineer Nick Mann has always dreamt of flying an aircraft but can’t get enough of fixing them.

Nick Mann standing in the hangar
27 Feb 2024

The Flying Doctor launches a significant Australian company into the clouds

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) is proud to announce the naming of a new King Air B360 aircraft as a show of gratitude for the on-going support of Mrs. Gina Rinehart AO and Hancock Prospecting.

RFDS aer
08 Feb 2024

From childhood dreams to RFDS wings

As a boy, Michael Urquhart was fascinated with planes and clouds and still vividly remembers his first flight at the age of nine in a Piper Cherokee at Hervey Bay.

Michael
07 Feb 2024

RFDS provides relief following Tropical Cyclone Jasper

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) are extending their mental health services in Far North Queensland to support communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

Stephen flying in to flood areas
31 Jan 2024

Mending minds in rural and remote Queensland

Cairns based RFDS Recognised Mental Health Counsellor Joseph Oui is working with communities to improve mental health and overcome the disadvantages of life in remote and very remote parts of Queensland.

Mental Health Clinician
24 Jan 2024

RFDS skyward: our game-changing Operations Control Centre

RFDS reached a major milestone in November 2022 with the launch of its state-of-the-art Operations Control Centre (OCC).

RFDS OCC
23 Jan 2024

Blazing new trails: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners

Since volunteering for the ambulance service on Norfolk Island at 16, Hayden Wilson has focused on building his career as a nurse, culminating in a Master of Nurse Practitioner from The University of Queensland and an appointment as one of the first RFDS aeromedical nurse practitioners.

RFDS Nurse Practitioner