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The Flying Doctor's Mental Health Service provides $30 to $1 return (QLD)

Independent review spotlights the true social benefits of RFDS services within Cape York.

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Five Minutes With… Mental Health (QLD)

For over 25 years, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has been providing expert Mental Health and Wellbeing Services to people in rural and remote communities across Queensland.

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WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service (WA)

Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.

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Four-year-old Tessa bitten by a king brown snake (QLD)

Four-year-old Tessa Wochnik is lucky to be alive after she was bitten by one of Australia’s deadliest snakes at her family’s remote cattle station.

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RFDS and Fortescue announce new aeromedical helicopter service for WA (WA)

In an Australian first for the Flying Doctor, a five-year partnership with Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) will see two EC-145 helicopters integrated into the RFDS WA fleet.

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Leave a lasting legacy in support of the RFDS (WA)

In leaving a bequest to the Flying Doctor in Western Australia, you will be welcomed as a member of the Robin Miller Society and share a unique bond with those who stand beside you in leaving a lasting legacy.

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Nurses fly high: Meet Keirstie and Barb (SA/NT)

Meet RFDS employees Keirstie Bull and Barb White, who have been named finalists in the 2023 SA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.

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95th birthday quiz: answers (SA/NT)

Get the answers to the Flying Doctor's 95th birthday quiz.

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Newscorp to be a proud sponsor of the upcoming RFDS strategic research series

Newscorp is proud to be sponsoring the upcoming RFDS strategic research series and will donate $50K to the RFDS for the research project, and $50K in–kind across Newscorp mastheads, as part of their commitment to the bush and its people.

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Improving stroke care in regional and rural Australia

The RFDS Research and Policy Unit has just released a health education paper on the impact of stroke on people living in the bush.

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Woolworths customers raise life-saving funds for the Flying Doctor (QLD)

Woolworths customers have donated more than $170,000 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service at their local check-outs.

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95th birthday quiz: answers

Get all the answers to the Flying Doctor's special edition 95th birthday quiz.

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Griffith aviation student wants to fly for a higher purpose (QLD)

Since climbing into the cockpit of an F1-11 as a child, Ethan Taege has dreamt of a career in the sky – but now he hopes to fly for a higher cause.

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Flying Doctor training helps prepare rural GPs (NSW/ACT)

A workshop for GPs by the Flying Doctor has showed how to handle everything from snake bites to quad bike crashes.

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Resource sector digs deep for the Flying Doctor (WA)

Western Australia's resource industry dug deep to support the Flying Doctor on the eve of Diggers and Dealers in Kalgoorlie at a sundowner event hosted by drilling specialists Topdrill.

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Public support needed for new Flying Doctor Base (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) is taking the next step in its statewide infrastructure plan, announcing today its plans for a new aeromedical base to service regional, rural and remote Queensland.

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Oceans to Outback: RFDS national fundraiser generates more than $1 million (SA/NT)

More than 5,700 eager Australians participated in Oceans to Outback, the RFDS’s very first national fundraising fitness challenge. You won't believe how much was raised and the distance covered!

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Flying Doctor set to build at Tennant Creek (SA/NT)

The RFDS is set to build its first remote Patient Transfer Facility (PTF) in the Northern Territory after the successful establishment of a similar facility in Mount Gambier this year.

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Dental Health Week: Make your smile a priority (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is reminding Queenslanders about the importance of oral health for overall wellbeing.

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A rural lifeline: Jo's story (SA/NT)

As increasing emotional stress pushed outback station owner Jo French to breaking point, her family made a life-saving phone call.

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RFDS dental services expand into the Pilbara (WA)

Newman and South Hedland residents now have access to local and quality dental services provided by the Flying Doctor in Western Australia.

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The Australian Wagyu Association raised vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (VIC)

The Australian Wagyu Association donated proceeds from their recent charity auction to RFDS Victoria.

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Frontline defence against COVID (NSW/ACT)

2021 was always going to be a big year for the Royal Flying Doctor Service but the COVID pandemic and subsequent vaccination rollout made it one of the busiest times in our history.

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Celebrating Dental Health Week '23 (TAS)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania team had super fun celebrating Dental Health Week (DHW) 2023 with SuperSillyUS Circus. But there's a serious side to dental health that was part of our event and messaging throughout the week.

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