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Historic cars drive Bay to Birdwood partnership
Iconic 1920s images showing the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s founder traversing the outback in a battered Dodge Buckboard are inspiring the restoration of two vintage cars in South Australia.
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New RFDS Tourist Facility for Darwin
15 Feb 2016The RFDS will expand its presence in the Top End with the $3 million investment in a new high-tech tourism facility and museum in Darwin featuring the story of the RFDS and the World War II Bombing of Darwin.
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1800 RFDS SA emergency number
01 Feb 2016People living, working and travelling in the bush in South Australia have a new 1800 emergency number to call when they need the help of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). Calls to 1800 RFDS SA (1800 733 772) are monitored and received 24 hours a day by RFDS staff in Port Augusta.
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RFDS delivers primary health care to Andamooka, Marla & Marree
11 Jan 2016The Outback communities of Andamooka and Marla in the Far North of South Australia will have primary health care services provided by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) from 2016 following a decision by Country Health SA to appoint the RFDS as new provider.
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Precious minutes
24 Dec 2015I turned the TV on and went to sit down on the bed when suddenly I got this spearing pain in my lower abdomen and I just collapsed onto my back with the pain.
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Sign of the Times on Yorke Peninsula
17 Dec 2015Yorke Peninsula residents now have a colourful daily reminder of the importance of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) to their region. In a first for South Australia, a new roadside billboard has been unveiled on the Copper Coast Highway near Paskeville.
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New PC-12 'Juliet' joins the fleet
19 Nov 2015The dedication of a new Pilatus PC-12 'flying intensive care unit' by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has been given an added boost with the generous gifting of $600,000 by Adelaide businessman Simon Hackett to fund the aeromedical fitout of the new aircraft - VH-FXJ or "Juliet'.
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'Rocket' Rod signs off after 34 years
09 Nov 2015From meeting the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Pilot Rod McRedmond has had a fair few adventures in between during his 34 years with the RFDS. After 18,600 flying hours Rod has decided to hang up his wings.
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Flying Doctor unites outback community
09 Nov 2015Five-year-old cousins Deborah and Hamish Bayley have finished School of the Air for the day while the mustering has been paused for a day so everyone can catch up on odd jobs around the homestead.
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