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Outback adventure ends with flight home by the Flying Doctor (QLD)
You never know when you might need a service you've never used before. That was the situation for Luke, a senior corporate executive in Brisbane, whose brief adventure in the outback led to his first call to the Flying Doctor.
Read moreFrom selling spare parts to flying planes (QLD)
When Dave Collins finished school he didn’t have ‘the grades or ability’ to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. Then a half-an-hour trip with a mate changed his life for good.
Read morePartnership helps Michelle hit health goals (TAS)
GEORGE Town woman Michelle Turpin credits a partnership approach – which involved setting her own goals then being supported to achieve them – with helping her health turn a corner.
Read moreRFDS is sowing seeds of learning (NSW/ACT)
GROW program is supporting communities across Western NSW
Read moreJohn’s life-saving flight (NSW/ACT)
Needing urgent and life-saving surgery for acute pancreatitis, John needed quick transport from Dubbo to Sydney and the Royal Flying Doctor Service were there to help.
Read moreSteve's Story: Stroke strikes behind the wheel (WA)
Steve Mogridge was driving on a lonely stretch of the Goldfields Highway when he had a stroke.
Read more$3 million in miles: Meet our inspiring 'Oceans to Outback' participants (SA/NT)
This October, the Flying Doctor once again challenged people across the country to walk, run or ride and raise funds. Find out how much was raised and meet participants with inspiring RFDS stories.
Read moreBirtles & Bean Complete Their Epic Journey raising funds for the RFDS
Matthew Benns and Warren Brown’s journey retracing Francis Birtles’ historic trek has raised over $120,000 to support life-saving RFDS services.
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 moreWhen ritual meets rescue: Robert's story (SA/NT)
During a cultural ceremony in outback South Australia, Robert was struck by a sudden illness, sparking deep concern among family and friends. In need of urgent medical help, he was hundreds of kilometres from the nearest major hospital.
Read moreTop End training ground for care in the air (SA/NT)
Charles Darwin University celebrated the inaugural graduates of Australia’s first Master of Aeromedical Retrieval qualification – an innovative program developed alongside the Flying Doctor.
Read moreA dry needle in the haystack: Meet our first Flying Physio (SA/NT)
Armed with a portable treatment table and a backpack containing everything you’d find in a city clinic, the RFDS’s newest health professional is making tracks in the bush.
Read moreTwenty thousand smiles can’t be wrong (QLD)
Twenty thousand mouths are a lot of teeth and gums to treat but that’s the exact number the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) Mobile Dental Unit have racked up over more than eleven years of service.
Read morePeer support program 'We’ve Got Your Back' really works (NSW/ACT)
Becoming a mental health ‘Champion’ opened Brendan’s eyes to the pain experienced in rural Australia.
Read more“Every day I open my eyes and think, ‘Wow, I’m alive'... (NSW/ACT)
Michelle was 13 weeks pregnant when she had a shocking accident on her farm near West Wyalong, in central-western NSW.
Read moreHelp in the Cape (QLD)
RFDS Senior Mental Health Clinician is changing lives in Far North Queensland by delivering our RFDS Mental Health and Wellbeing Services across Cape York communities.
Read moreHelping nurses to become midwives (QLD)
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) is offering midwifery scholarships to registered nurses to help them gain the qualifications they need to become a flight nurse for RFDS.
Read moreBaby Jenson’s surprise arrival (QLD)
When Coby Foster set off for a long weekend in Melbourne to enjoy the Australian Open with her friends, little did she know it would be months until she returned home.
Read moreQueen of the Skies (WA)
At the age of 97, Anne Lewis is being honoured as being the first woman to obtain her commercial pilot's licence in WA and the first woman to fly for the RFDS.
Read moreMending minds in rural and remote Queensland (QLD)
Cairns based RFDS Recognised Mental Health Counsellor Joseph Oui is working with communities to improve mental health and overcome the disadvantages of life in remote and very remote parts of Queensland.
Read moreAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Scholarships
The RFDS provide scholarships to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health students undertaking clinical placements in rural Australia.
Read moreLeanne's Story (WA)
Leanne and her husband Darren were taking their new campervan back home to Exmouth when a medical emergency almost cost Leanne her life.
Read moreParker's Story (WA)
Last year the Galloway family were holidaying in Esperance when they were faced with every parent’s worst nightmare.
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.
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