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Travelling Outback
Vital things you need to know if you are embarking on a journey in remote Australia, including what to take, what to do in an emergency, and more.
Read moreNew era for Mount Isa as integrated medical support takes flight (QLD)
Today marks an historic day in patient care across Queensland’s North West with the official opening of the new LifeFlight/Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) aeromedical hub.
Read moreThe Flying Doctor Podcast Wins Best Branded Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards 2024
The Flying Doctor Podcast has done it again! With over 600,000 downloads and 118 episodes, this beloved podcast has just been crowned Best Branded Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards 2024.
Read moreLeave a gift in your Will (NSW/ACT)
Learn about leaving a gift in your Will (a Bequest) to help the Flying Doctor continue to save lives.
Read moreSafety net for stranded community (QLD)
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Paramedic teams up with the RFDS (Queensland Section) Telehealth team to provide timely medical treatment to a man injured in the floods.
Read moreDonate now and help keep the Flying Doctor flying (SA/NT)
Paramedic turned RFDS patient Sonia's Strong was airlifted by RFDS SA/NT.
Read more‘Healthy Kungkas’: Aboriginal women’s health camp empowers self-screening (SA/NT)
Promoting early detection of cancer was at the heart of RFDS SA/NT’s inaugural Aboriginal women’s health and wellbeing camp held in May.
Read moreConstruction milestone at Mount Isa aeromedical base (QLD)
Construction of the new $31.8 million LifeFlight and Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) Mount Isa base is approaching the halfway stage with some exterior walls going up in place in the past week.
Read moreA father’s journey with the Flying Doctor (QLD)
The challenges of life on remote stations in Queensland’s Channel Country seem trivial when you’re doing what you love with the people you love. John Tully wouldn’t trade his life for anything different, but without the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), he may not be here today.
Read moreAn outback nightmare (SA/NT)
Your donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Australia & Northern Territory will help keep the Flying Doctor flying.
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 moreTatiara volunteers raise $55,000 for Flying Doctor (SA/NT)
A dedicated group of Tatiara volunteers has raised $55,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), representing their fundraising efforts with the support of the Tatiara community over the past year.
Read more#97 Kelly was heavily pregnant when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour
Kelly Foran was eagerly expecting the arrival of her first child when she told by Doctors that she had a brain tumour the size of a 'goose egg'.
Read more#114 Despite breaking his neck twice, Jaimen Hudson is living his best life
On Easter Monday 2024, Jaimen Hudson was thrown from his all-terrain wheelchair and broke his neck...for a second time.
Read moreOur Robin Miller Scholarship intern (WA)
Tessa Mitchell recently interned with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia as a student flight nurse.
Read moreFace-saving surgery after horse kick (NSW/ACT)
Late last year Natasha Schweikert and her mum were feeding their horses in a paddock at Broken Hill when disaster struck.“One of the horses got excited, took off and kicked Natasha in the face,” recalls Collette, Schweikert, Natasha’s mother. “I didn’t actually see it."
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 moreFlying high at Broken Hill’s newest tourist attraction (NSW/ACT)
The Royal Flying Doctor Service’s (RFDS) new Outback Heritage Experience officially open to visitors thanks to $5.5 million in funding support from the NSW Government.
Read moreMeeting in 'The Mount': RFDS SA/NT AGM 2024 (SA/NT)
It was fantastic to be joined by more than 150 community members, donors and supporters at the RFDS SA/NT Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mount Gambier this month.
Read moreWhen the outback bites back: Eddie's story (SA/NT)
For Eddie McKinney, what began as a dream holiday to Uluru with his wife Carmen and their two-year-old daughter Vienna, turned into a freak incident and a desperate call to the RFDS.
Read moreLegacy of service: from RAAF to RFDS (QLD)
ANZAC Day is a day that holds personal meaning to many individuals and families across Australia and New Zealand.
Read moreA healthier connection: High-speed Wi-Fi hits outback communities (SA/NT)
A new initiative delivering high-speed public Wi-Fi to outback towns will help transform healthcare access for residents, workers and visitors in remote South Australia.
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