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NAIDOC 2023
This NAIDOC week we are celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture
Read moreAn early arrival in safe hands (QLD)
Sarah Carty lives with her partner Brad in the south west Queensland town of Yowah, more than 950 kilometres from Brisbane.
Read moreRemote Oral Health Care (SA/NT)
The RFDS Oral Health Care program offers a mobile dental and oral health care service to residents throughout outback, rural and remote SA and NT.
Read moreFrom single shots to single engines: Apprentice Ashley's story (SA/NT)
Ashley Lewthwaite has recently exchanged espresso machines for aircraft engines, kickstarting his journey to becoming a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with the RFDS in Darwin.
Read moreChopper crash comeback: Alex's story (SA/NT)
Alex Lawrie was just months into his dream job as a helicopter pilot in the NT, when an afternoon scenic flight went horribly wrong. Hear directly from Alex, as he shares his dramatic story.
Read moreEducation Program offers online resources (VIC)
Elements of RFDS' Education Program are available for access at home.
Read moreBudding pilot sets his sights on a career with the Flying Doctor (NSW/ACT)
While most 15-year-olds are still trying to figure out what they want to do when they finish school, Jack Feher already has it worked out and is attempting to make his dream a reality.
Read moreFive times revived: Richard's story (SA/NT)
Richard is lucky to be alive after his heart stopped five times in the searing summer heat of the South Australian desert.
Read moreForever grateful for the Flying Doctor (QLD)
Queensland artist and mother of two, Michelle, is forever grateful for the RFDS service which saved her son’s life during a remote road trip to explore Channel Country.
Read moreCelebrating the Best of Rural Health
RFDS staff celebrated this week at the 2024 National Rural and Remote Health Awards in Canberra, alongside Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia and with around 180 rural health professionals and distinguished guests from across Australia.
Read moreSafety net for stranded community (QLD)
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Paramedic teams up with the RFDS (Queensland Section) Telehealth team to provide timely medical treatment to a man injured in the floods.
Read moreStroke doesn’t stop Mervyn from appreciating Flying Doctor flight (NSW/ACT)
When an acclaimed photographer needed transporting after a stroke at his photography exhibition opening, the Flying Doctor was there.
Read moreFlying Doctor Day 2024 (WA)
On 15 May 2024, the RFDS will celebrate Flying Doctor Day and 96 years of proudly providing emergency aeromedical and essential health care services to the Australian community.
Read moreFlying in to check your skin (QLD)
The more remote you get, the greater the challenge of accessing medical services which is why, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), strives to get more health care to where people live, the furthest corner, the finest care.
Read moreR U OK? (QLD)
RFDS Board member Ivan Frkovic shares the importance of staying connected and having a conversation this R U OK? Day.
Read moreOutback Queensland town becomes first to trial emergency airstrip lanterns for RFDS (QLD)
From above, Eulo looks as if it simply doesn't exist — a cluster of small buildings barely visible from the air, swallowed up by red dirt and mulga trees.
Read moreOperation Mitchell Plateau (WA)
It was a team effort when the RFDS was called to retrieve a woman who broke her leg hiking in one of WA’s most hard-to-reach locations.
Read moreWA Flying Doctor appoints Dwayne Mallard as first Indigenous board member (WA)
The WA Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) proudly welcomed our newest board member Dwayne Mallard to our Jandakot base during NAIDOC Week.
Read moreYoung ringer’s race for help: Amy’s story (SA/NT)
When a bloodied and bruised Amy Kynoch regained consciousness in the back of a speeding truck, she realised her ‘typical’ day at work had taken a disastrous turn. Read more.
Read moreFrom hike to hospital: Lyn’s story (SA/NT)
It wasn’t until after safely completing a popular Northern Territory hiking trail that a Melbourne tourist found herself walking on the edge.
Read moreBaring it all for mental health (SA/NT)
In 2021, the national Naked Farmer movement raised more than $20,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service's Wellbeing & Mental Health Service.
Read moreDream job at the RFDS: Meet Flying Doctor Anthony Rengel (WA)
As a child, RFDS WA Dr Anthony Rengel loved anything and everything to do with flying and would regularly visit Jandakot Airport to watch aircraft take off and land with his father.
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