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Bundaberg Aeromedical Base off to a flying start (QLD)

It has been four months since the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) opened the hangar doors to its new Bundaberg Aeromedical Base, and while the skies have been quieter than usual during that time, it’s been all systems go for the lifesaving work of the local RFDS crew.

Creating a ‘flying’ first for stroke patients (SA/NT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service and Micro-X are working together to prototype the nation’s first airborne stroke unit in a bid to improve the health outcomes of patients in rural and remote areas.

BBQ for the Flying Doctor (TAS)

Signature Flying Doctor artwork launches NAIDOC Week (SA/NT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Central Operations has partnered with two South Australian Aboriginal artists to launch a major artwork and uniform piece inspired by the remote communities it serves.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service welcomes the “Great Pilgrimage” (NSW/ACT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service welcomes a squadron of 26 vintage aircraft in a “Great Pilgrimage” from New South Wales to Queensland to mark the 90th anniversary of the historic first flight of 1928.

Clocking up the miles helps kids keep their Bright Smiles (NSW/ACT)

Oral health is a big issue, particularly in regional, rural and remote areas, where access to services is limited and long distances have to be driven in order to get treatment.The Bright Smiles Charity Ride takes to the road on Thursday 26 April and will travel more than 1,300 kms along the back

A small boy’s rescue by his heroes (NSW/ACT)

“My son knew about the RFDS. He is obsessed with planes... He was thrilled to know he was in a Flying Doctor plane."

Flying Doctor’s mental health services expand to reach more remote communities (NSW/ACT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is improving access to mental health services for people throughout rural and remote NSW thanks to new funding

Flynn flies on next generation $20 note (NSW/ACT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is honoured to see its legacy continue on the next generation $20 banknote design revealed today by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Flying Doctor ready to help our farmers. Wherever. Whenever (NSW/ACT)

Working in remote locations, our farmers are often a far distance from help should an incident occur.

Thanks for your support (NSW/ACT)

"The Royal Flying Doctor Service kept me breathing when it felt like the earth was falling from underneath me."

Aeromedical Retrieval for Stroke in Australia

RFDS Research shows rural, remote, and Indigenous stroke patients have worse stroke outcomes than urban Australians. This may be due to lack of timely access to expert facilities.

Broken Hill’s Bruce Langford Visitors’ Centre Experience wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice (NSW/ACT)

Broken Hill’s Bruce Langford Visitors’ Centre Experience wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Award

Dubbo’s Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Experience wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice (NSW/ACT)

Dubbo’s Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Experience wins 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Award

Listen to your heart this World Heart Day (NSW/ACT)

People with cardiovascular disease and other heart conditions are more at risk of contracting COVID-19 and going on to develop severe forms of the vir

“I thought I had a blood nose… I needed emergency brain surgery!” (SA/NT)

Brooke suffered multiple fractures to her skull, requiring emergency brain surgery over 2,000 kilometres away in Adelaide.

Case Study: Community Midwifery (SA/NT)

“I see the same RFDS Midwife every month, in my own home – the care is just fantastic.”

Desert drama (SA/NT)

I kept trying to convince my son he wasn't about to die. But we all thought he was.

Hayley's snake bite scare (QLD)

​​​​Eight-year-old Hayley was crying and in pain. She screamed, “A snake’s bitten me”. Her mum Catherine tried to keep calm, but she couldn’t help thinking, “What if Hayley dies? What if this is part of our story now that we had a daughter who died at eight years old from a snake bite?"

Smile Squad (VIC)

The Flying Doctor Dental team has joined the Victorian government’s Smile Squad – a program set up to provide free examinations and dental treatment to Victorian public school children.

Our staff – compassion in the face of crisis (VIC)

As an organisation, we wish to publicly acknowledge and thank our staff for their work during - and no doubt beyond – the bushfire crisis.

Robin Miller Dicks - The Sugar Bird Lady

Robin Miller Dicks left a rich legacy, not only through the lives she saved, but also through more modern attitudes to female pilots and women in the bush.

You don't have to battle alone (QLD)

It's all too easy when discussing mental health in rural areas to focus on suicide rates and alarming statistics, when mental health and wellbeing is about so much more.

Midwifery scholarship in memory of Savanna Addis (WA)

A midwifery scholarship commemorating the life of inspirational Western Australian Savanna Addis has been established in a joint partnership between the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Rural Health West.

A tourist flight of a lifesaving kind (WA)

When her dad had a widowmaker heart attack on a family holiday in Broome, daughter Bryony was inspired by the work of the RFDS and promised her 12 year old self she would support the organisation in anyway way she could.