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Mobile Health Hubs ready to roll (TAS)

Two old decommissioned buses have been transformed into modern, mobile health clinics and they're about to undertake an amazing journey around regional Tasmania.

RFDS uses the latest aviation surveillance technology to care for patients (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) is using the latest in aviation surveillance technology to deliver greater levels of care for its patients.

Flying Doctor Flight Nurse calls time on long and illustrious career helping others (QLD)

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) Flight Nurse Lois Lanyon has called time on a long and well-travelled nursing career spanning almost 50 years.

The Flying Doctor reveals Townsville expansion plans (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) has committed to a major expansion of its Townsville operational base in a move that will boost health outcomes for thousands of regional and rural Queenslanders.

Funding support to ensure continuity of care (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) has received more than $285,000 in funding from the Queensland Government to aid in the delivery of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Talk small to make big change (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) has launched a new campaign aimed at promoting better connections to support mental health and wellbeing

Tasmania hosts 4X4 For The Doc (TAS)

Join the family 4WDs taking on a Tassie charity adventure

When Every Minute Counts (TAS)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service welcomes the “Great Pilgrimage” (NSW/ACT)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service welcomes a squadron of 26 vintage aircraft in a “Great Pilgrimage” from New South Wales to Queensland to mark the 90th anniversary of the historic first flight of 1928.

First flight remembered with Great Pilgrimage (NSW/ACT)

While this year’s Great Pilgrimage had a strong historical focus, it was also about anticipating the next 90 years. The RFDS is just as relevant today as it was in 1928...

Thanks for your support (NSW/ACT)

"The Royal Flying Doctor Service kept me breathing when it felt like the earth was falling from underneath me."

90th Air Pilgrimage, what an adventure!

What a spectacular celebration of 90 years of the Flying Doc and great opportunity to reflect on the services history, and indeed the services future. A truly memorable event with over 50 aviation enthusiasts from the AAAA, travelling with 25 Antique Aircraft throughout rural NSW & QLD

“I thought I had a blood nose… I needed emergency brain surgery!” (SA/NT)

Brooke suffered multiple fractures to her skull, requiring emergency brain surgery over 2,000 kilometres away in Adelaide.

RFDS enters jet age with game-changer in aeromedical care (SA/NT)

The communities of South Australia and the Northern Territory will soon be cared for 24/7 by the world’s first purpose-built aeromedical jet, the RFDS Medi-Jet 24.

Desert drama (SA/NT)

I kept trying to convince my son he wasn't about to die. But we all thought he was.

Robin Miller Dicks - The Sugar Bird Lady

Robin Miller Dicks left a rich legacy, not only through the lives she saved, but also through more modern attitudes to female pilots and women in the bush.

RFDS pilot first woman in the Southern Hemisphere to command the Pilatus PC-24 jet (WA)

RFDS Western Operations pilot Lisa Roper-Campbell is the first woman in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere to command the world-first for aero medical service Pilatus PC-24 jet.

Royal Flying Doctor Service Regional Service Award 2019 Finalists announced (WA)

Recognising our rural and regional young achievers and community contributors

Crew members return to serve WA communities during COVID-19 (WA)

Former RFDS Western Operations pilot Joe Saad has responded to a call-out from the Flying Doctor in WA to bolster their workforce during COVID-19 and beyond. Joe shares with us insights from the frontline as he undertakes intensive infection control training and patient transfer procedures.

RFDS Western Operations pilot Jake Walsh marks flying milestone (WA)

Captain Jake Walsh has become WA's third RFDS pilot to join the '500 club' - achieving 500 hours flying time on the first-of-type aeromedical Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet.

Drones to overcome distance for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Queensland (QLD)

This Tuesday 16th of April, Queensland’s leaders in UAV & drone technology will meet to help the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) overcome one of the organisations biggest challenges - the tyranny of distance.

Finding love in the skies while saving lives (QLD)

A mid-air medical emergency might seem an unlikely place for a pilot and midwife to find love, but not for one Queensland couple.

Pilot's World War II mission remembered (TAS)

It’s been 75 years since World War II ended on September 2, 1945, and the deadliest military conflict in history had few positives emerge from its horrors. However two advancements, one in the medical field and one in education, are both connected to the RFDS.

A mother's worst nightmare (TAS)

What started out like a normal day for mother of four Susan Thorne, would later be one she remembers as “the worst day of our lives”.

Clare's story (QLD)

Medical emergencies don't wait for good weather. Five-year-old Clare discovered this first-hand when her appendix threatened to rupture during one of the worst floods in North Queensland history.