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A dream becomes reality for Primary Health Care nurse (QLD)
Working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) had always a dream for Jess Abbott.
Read moreMen's Health Week 2023 (TAS)
Men's Health Week 2023, June 12-18, focuses on Healthy Habits. The RFDS, Tas provide health services to rural and remote communities throughout Tasmania in the areas of cardiovascular, mental and oral health. Here we provide tips on creating healthy habits in each of these areas.
Read moreRhonda defies the odds after lifesaving flight to Adelaide (NSW/ACT)
Doctors didn’t know if the Broken Hill resident would survive the flight but Rhonda credits the RFDS for saving her life.
Read moreRFDS WA crew in the running for 2022 Rural Health West Excellence Awards (WA)
Two nurses and a unique multidisciplinary team involved in establishing and driving the RFDS' remote COVID-19 vaccination program have been named finalists in three out of 12 categories in the 2022 Rural Health West Excellence Awards.
Read moreDriving Better Health Outcomes (TAS)
Long hours on the road, limited access to nutritious food, and the isolating nature of the job can make it difficult for truck drivers to prioritise their health. That’s where the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and its partners have stepped in.
Read moreBrandt Agriculture donates to RFDS (VIC)
Following a staff vote, Brandt Agriculture chose to donate $37,000 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Read moreFlying Doctor mourns Queen Elizabeth, who put the Royal in RFDS (NSW/ACT)
RFDSSE pays its deepest sympathies to the Royal family after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
Read moreFlying Doctor saves two community GP clinics (NSW/ACT)
Thanks to your support two regional towns have kept their medical centres
Read moreNSW / ACT Donate (NSW/ACT)
To make an over the phone donation to RFDS South Eastern (NSW/ACT), please call 1300 669 569
Read moreRescue operation at Horizontal Falls an extraordinary day for the RFDS (WA)
On Friday 27 May 2022, RFDS WA teams were called to one of the most difficult medical emergencies in the last decade, leading a rescue operation to extract nearly 20 patients after a boating incident at Horizontal Falls in the remote Kimberley.
Read moreParamedic turned patient: Sonia's story (SA/NT)
Paramedic turned RFDS patient Sonia's Strong was airlifted by RFDS SA/NT.
Read moreParamedic turned patient: Sonia's story (SA/NT)
Paramedic turned RFDS patient Sonia's Strong was airlifted by RFDS SA/NT.
Read moreNational Community Partnership TAL Insurance
National Community partnership between RFDS & TAL Life Insurance: Working to make a real difference for all Australians
Read moreAeromedical retrieval NSW & ACT (NSW/ACT)
RFDS aeromedical crews evacuate injured people from emergency situations in the Australian Outback.
Read moreTrains, planes and the RFDS (WA)
Doctor Jig is accustomed to working inside the tight space of an RFDS aircraft, but one retrieval saw him treating an unwell passenger within the confines of the iconic Indian Pacific train.
Read moreA lifetime of service (QLD)
RFDS Primary Health Care Nurse Kathleen Loadsman reflects on her years of service this Anzac Day.
Read moreBorn to be an engineer (QLD)
RFDS Senior Base Engineer Nick Mann has always dreamt of flying an aircraft but can’t get enough of fixing them.
Read moreRockhampton Landing Fee Donation (QLD)
The Rockhampton Regional Council has generously donated a cheque for more than $143,000 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) to reimburse our annual landing fees at Rockhampton Airport.
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 moreHow a flying school bus started it all for RFDS Engineer Doug Briggs (SA/NT)
Veteran aircraft engineer Doug Briggs is celebrating 25 years of service for the Flying Doctor, 19 of which have been in Alice Springs.
Read moreCharleville Base celebrates 80th anniversary (QLD)
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) marks the momentous 80-year anniversary of its Charleville Base, the longest servicing base in Australia.
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 moreWhat's your Flying Doctor story? (SA/NT)
Tell us what the RFDS means to you. Your show of support will help keep the Flying Doctor flying for so many Australians.
Read moreDoctors' Day (SA/NT)
To mark Doctors' Day, we reached out to three of the RFDS team to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said.
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