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Suke's Darkest Night (NSW/ACT)
Your support has given Suke Ridler a new lease on life after a brush with death several years ago.
Read moreFlight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service (QLD)
From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.
Read moreRFDS takes vaccines to Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia (WA)
The RFDS’ remote COVID-19 vaccination program continues to roll-out to the furthest corners of Western Australia this week with crews undertaking a five-day clinic in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands (NG Lands).
Read moreTHE GIFT OF TIME: The profound effect a community had on their local GP (QLD)
For RFDS (Queensland Section) GP Trainee Katrina Starmer, a recent gift from the Chillagoe community, was not just beautiful – but incredibly symbolic.
Read moreGrazier lucky to be alive after high-speed crash on remote station (WA)
The boys strapped me onto an old shearing bed and put me on the back of the utility and we made our way to the nearest registered airstrip to meet the RFDS plane. Those are just the things you have to do out here if you’ve got nothing on hand.
Read moreLooking back in time (NSW/ACT)
It was a sunny day in March 1965. Mr Jan Meloy was working on the Moomba oil and gas fields in when he was badly injured in a freak accident.
Read moreAn emergency dash to Perth (WA)
York-based businessman Jorn Ib had just finished setting up his site at the Newdegate Machinery Field Days when he started to experience a heart attack.
Read moreSam Hughes: The Travelling Jackaroo (QLD)
18-year-old, Sam Hughes is on the adventure of a lifetime, travelling around Australia in a 1957 Chamberlain 9G tractor to raise funds for the RFDS (Queensland Section).
Read moreRFDS celebrates very special patient anniversary 40 years on (WA)
If it wasn’t for the Flying Doctor I hate to think what the outcome would have been for John, or me. The staff were just wonderful and I have such a special memory of them.
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 moreNine-year-old reunited with workers who saved his life (QLD)
Joshua Bacon was set into panic mode when his fearless nine year-old son Jake, suffered a heart attack and collapsed unconscious on the soccer field last year.
Read moreA Star in the night sky (QLD)
You will find an RFDS Flight Nurse on every one of our flights. They are the best of the best, and are elite specialists in their field.
Read moreFlying high for the RFDS: Meet rotary pilot Jim McGuire (WA)
“Working with the RFDS, we get to assist people often when they need it most and I can’t think of any better way to spend my day at work,” Jim said.
Read moreCharles' Story (WA)
“The medical staff on board kept my heart going to keep me alive on the flight to Jandakot where I was conveyed to Fiona Stanley Hospital to get a pacemaker fitted.
Read moreNational Workplace Giving
Learn about how you, as an employer or employee can support the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Read moreA gift of a lifetime (SA/NT)
Key Relationship Specialist Melanie Caruso helps individuals and families who are considering leaving a gift for the Flying Doctor in their will.
Read moreMeet RFDS Western Operations dental assistant Karleigh Barbour (WA)
“The positive response I receive from the community when they see me in my uniform never fails to make me feel proud to work for the RFDS.
Read moreSupporter Story: Brian Treloar (NSW/ACT)
Brian, from Cockburn on the border of NSW and South Australia, is a long-time supporter of the Service who recently wrote in and offered some of his u
Read moreThe pain that wouldn't go away (NSW/ACT)
It was 2 AM and John was feeling unwell. He had been sent home from work earlier that day but couldn’t work out what was wrong.
Read moreHelp close to home (SA/NT)
Fortunately for one Adelaide motorcyclist, the RFDS was on hand to assist very close to home.
Read moreDavid the unstoppable (QLD)
It will take more than a life-threatening brain aneurysm to stop David from running on.
Read moreHelicopter crash survivor pays tribute to the Flying Doctor (QLD)
Grazier Michael Tomlinson was mustering cattle from a helicopter near Augathella when he experienced engine trouble and plummeted to the ground.
Read moreTouchdown on paramedic career (TAS)
RFDS Tasmania farewells a truly amazing aeromedical team member with Ambulance Tasmania intensive care flight paramedic Nick Chapman finishing up after 38 years in the job, the last 10 in aeromedical at the Launceston base.
Read moreInspiring outback journey raises funds, awareness for mental health (NSW/ACT)
After walking an inspiring 330 kilometres, Margaret Symes raised much-needed funds for the RFDS Wellbeing Place in Broken Hill, and more awareness of rural mental health.
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