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A healthier connection: High-speed Wi-Fi hits outback communities
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.
More detailsFlying Doctor set to build at Tennant Creek
The RFDS is set to build its first remote Patient Transfer Facility (PTF) in the Northern Territory after the successful establishment of a similar facility in Mount Gambier this year.

A gift of a lifetime
Key Relationship Specialist Melanie Caruso helps individuals and families who are considering leaving a gift for the Flying Doctor in their will.

World turned upside down
It's every parent's nightmare – arriving at an accident scene to discover one of your children unconscious. That’s exactly what happened to Karina.

Odyssey's million dollar milestone
An outback car trek has crossed the monumental million-dollar mark in its fundraising efforts for the Flying Doctor.

Flying Doctor brings vaccines to the furthest corner
From Kangaroo Island to Kingoonya and the Nullarbor to Ngukurr - the Flying Doctor is reaching out to remote South Australians and Territorians to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Year in Review 2021
In 2020/21 your Flying Doctor posted another highly impactful year of service to its patients and rural and remote communites.

Flying Doctor awarded top honour
RFDS Central Operations Rural Generalist Dr James Padley has been awarded 2021 Rural Registrar of the Year.

Shirley's Sliding Door
"When her first cardiac arrest happened it was well and truly out of the blue.”
