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Ngarnal Health and the RFDS partnership launches on Mornington Island

01 Jul 2026

Primary Health Care (PHC) support for Mornington Island residents enters an historic new era today with the launch of a transformational agreement between Ngarnal Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section)

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02 Sep 2021

COVID-19 safety measures here to stay

Measures put in place by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) during the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay, after having created flow-on benefits for the business.

disinfecting medical aircraft
02 Sep 2021

Born to Fly: The journey to become a pilot

At just four days old, Mark Stuart-Russell took his first flight. He was taken home from hospital in his father’s Cessna 170.

Pilot Mark Stuart-Russell
31 Aug 2021

Flight Nurse reunited with baby born onboard aircraft

It was a reunion four years in the making. After giving birth to a little boy in the back of an RFDS aircraft in 2017, Lucy Westcott and her family were reunited with their Flight Nurse Timna Wright.

Flight Nurse reunited with baby born in the sky
31 Aug 2021

Prioritising health in rural Queensland

For 18 years, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Nurse Manager Jo Mahony has been a driving force in supporting rural communities through every high and low.

RFDS team at Nockatunga Station
24 Aug 2021

Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying

For everyone in the region around Gregory, the RFDS is their general practitioner, their emergency response and their mental health support. So, when we needed an upgraded clinic, the local women stepped in to help.

Gregory QCWA raise funds for the RFDS (Queensland Section)
20 Aug 2021

Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service

From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.

Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
16 Aug 2021

More than emergency healthcare — RFDS Field Days

Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Field Days are just one of the many ways people in rural and remote areas can access the Flying Doctor’s life-saving treatment.

RFDS (Queensland Section) Health Promotions Officer Judith Taylor
16 Aug 2021

RFDS Flight Nurse delivers own baby

When Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Flight Nurse Hayden Wilson completed his midwifery studies in July 2019, little did he know he’d be putting those skills to use two years later to deliver his own child!

RFDS Flight Nurse delivers his own baby, Maggie.