The RFDS in QLD

Each year in Queensland the RFDS:

• visits more than 100 remote communities communities, providing over 98,000 episodes of care
• provides healthcare over an area of 1.73 million square kilometres
• delivers approximately 250 episodes of care each day
• holds more than 5,300 health clinics
• transports more than 11,700 patients to and from acute hospitals and specialist services
• provides much needed advice to more than 16,000 people through remote medical consults via phone or video-link
• improves regional Queenslanders' oral health through the RFDS Dental Service
• administers more than 3,700 immunisations.