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To Me (SA/NT)
Find out what the Flying Doctor means to Australians in need. Watch real stories from real patients.
Read moreMelissa's Thank You: 'You gave me my first ever flight' (NSW/ACT)
The Flying Doctor changes lives every day. Melissa, a patient from Broken Hill, wanted to share her thanks and explain why her flight with the RFDS was so very special...
Read moreMessage from RFDSSE President Professor David Lyle (NSW/ACT)
It is a great honour for me to write this first message to you as President of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) (RFDSSE).
Read moreAIDA RFDS Rural Placement Scholarship
I was one of the very lucky recipients of the RFDS scholarship in 2021. This scholarship was used to help me with my Rural Clinical School (RCS) year-long placement in Kalgoorlie for my 4th year of Medicine
Read moreAbout Reconciliation Week 2022
What is Reconciliation Week About? Why are the dates significant? What is the theme? Tell me about the Artwork? All Your NRW2022 Questions Answered here!
Read moreThanks for your support (NSW/ACT)
"The Royal Flying Doctor Service kept me breathing when it felt like the earth was falling from underneath me."
Read more"I was one who always thought; It won't happen to me."
"I did ask family to donate to the Flying Doctor instead of buying me get well gifts, however I also wanted to leave a gift. A thank you for their dedication. I had never met these people before my accident, and yet they saved my life."
Read morePacksaddle community equipped for emergency (NSW/ACT)
Packsaddle locals have gathered at the new Shannon’s Creek Emergency Airstrip to familiarise themselves with emergency landing procedures, ensuring me
Read moreFarmhand to Flying Doctor (QLD)
The mail plane was small. It didn’t fill me with confidence – one engine, one pilot. But he was friendly and made me feel a little reassured. I was 15 years old and heading out to Abingdon Downs Station in gulf country Queensland, to visit my school friend Klancie, and ‘help’ with the mustering.
Read moreMy sister, the brave (QLD)
My dad called. He told me a truck had crushed his car. My three daughters were trapped inside. He didn't know if they were trapped inside. He didn't know if they were all alive. I thought I was dreaming. That's what stopped me from collapsing."
Read moreBen Dobbin joins forces with the Flying Doctor (QLD)
Media personality Ben Dobbin is the latest high-profile name to sign up as a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) Lighting the Way Ambassador.
Read moreA fishing trip which could have been his last (QLD)
We'd been fishing all morning. I can't even blame the fact that I was fighting a big fish and it put strain on me. There was no pain, no shortness of breath, nothing at all. It just came straight out of the blue.
Read moreThe power of three (QLD)
All the girls at the Base were listening in when I asked Lyn if she would marry, me. Of course, all the RFDS nurses then asked if they had an invite to the wedding!
Read moreChloe's Story: A tiny miracle born 3 months early (WA)
28 weeks pregnant, 700kms from Perth. Chloe was flown by the RFDS to Perth for urgent specialist care but before she could get inside, in the Fiona Stanley Hospital carpark, Henry was born.
Read moreFrom aerobatics to aeromedical (QLD)
It’s the drive to make a positive difference that has kept Flight Standards Pilot, Marty Cram, flying for the RFDS for over 20 years.
Read moreIt was a phone call that saved her life — thanks to you (NSW/ACT)
Marie got the immediate treatment she needed following a visit to the Hebel clinic. Because of you, she now has more quality time with her family.
Read moreA risk of rupture and a race against time: Robert's story (SA/NT)
As time ticked by, Robert had a tight window to travel 3,000km across the country for life-saving surgery.
Read moreAdele's Story: "I've never had an asthma attack like this before" (WA)
Dr Adele Millard is an anthropologist, while working in a remote area outside of Newman she began experiencing what she assumed were thunderstorm asthma symptoms.
Read moreA career of care (QLD)
This October, Dr Dean Taylor, Medical Education Lead - Aeromedical, celebrates 25 years of service with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS).
Read morePaul's Story: From Cable Beach to Cardiac Care (WA)
“I just thought to myself, I need to get back up the beach and get someone to take me to hospital as soon as possible.”
Read moreHayley'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?"
Read moreFrom hike to heartbreak: Lyn's story (SA/NT)
It wasn’t until after safely completing a famous Northern Territory hike that a Melbourne tourist found herself walking on the edge.
Read moreJust in time for Mother’s Day (QLD)
New mum Elle-Jay and her husband Mack were relieved to hear from the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) when their cattle station near Thargomindah was flooded in, just weeks before their due date.
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