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A healthier connection: High-speed Wi-Fi hits outback communities

A healthier connection: High-speed Wi-Fi hits outback communities

02 Jul 2025

A new initiative delivering high-speed public Wi-Fi to outback towns will help transform healthcare access for residents, workers and visitors in remote South Australia.

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22 Nov 2022

Oceans to Outback: RFDS national fundraiser generates more than $1 million

More than 5,700 eager Australians participated in Oceans to Outback, the RFDS’s very first national fundraising fitness challenge. You won't believe how much was raised and the distance covered!

RFDS Oceans to Outback
21 Nov 2022

Remembering Frank England OAM

The RFDS extends its deepest condolences to the family of one of the Flying Doctor's most dedicated supporters, Mr Frank England OAM.

RFDS Pilatus PC-12 VH-FVF
17 Nov 2022

‘Donate’ a Christmas gift that saves lives

Are you looking for a great Christmas solution for that hard-to-buy-for person? Donate a Christmas gift that saves lives this Christmas.

Christmas Gift RFDS
16 Nov 2022

Flying Doctor reaches new heights with groundbreaking flight simulator

The newest addition to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Adelaide Base – a groundbreaking portable flight simulator – has officially landed.

Flying Doctor reaches new heights with groundbreaking flight simulator
21 Oct 2022

2022 Year In Review

Year in Review 2022

2022 Year in Review
10 Oct 2022

Baring it all for mental health

In 2021, the national Naked Farmer movement raised more than $20,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service's Wellbeing & Mental Health Service.

The Naked Farmer - mental health
30 Aug 2022

Down to the wire: Richy's story

A devastating fall from a ladder while on a job 540km north of Adelaide became a race against time for carpenter Richard Hobbs.

RFDS patient Richy Hobbs
30 Aug 2022

RFDS veteran bids farewell after 34 years: Q&A with Captain Ray Mundy

After more than 30 years of delivering aeromedical services to outback Australians, RFDS Central Operations’ longest-serving pilot Ray Mundy has hung up his hat.

RFDS Pilot Ray Mundy