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Flying Doctor Podcast Celebrates 500,000 Downloads!
The Flying Doctor Podcast hits 500,000 downloads, celebrating incredible stories and the RFDS's lifesaving work.
Read more#116 How Mick hurt his back on the Birdsville Track!
Mick was airlifted from Birdsville to Mt Isa after a random fall caused a temporary paralysis in his neck and back.
Read moreHow You Can Support Your Youth's Mental Health (TAS)
Our Mental Health Team Leader, Meagan Chivers, wants parents of youth to know that open communication is crucial in helping them cope when times get tough.
Read moreRaising kids in the bush (QLD)
Mt Surprise mum, Kate Terry, shares how the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has helped her this Mother's Day.
Read moreFuture rural doctors raising vital funds for RFDS in Oceans to Outback challenge (NSW/ACT)
The country's future cohort of rural doctors are raising vital funds for the RFDS in the Oceans to Outback fitness challenge.
Read moreYoung ringer’s race for help: Amy’s story (SA/NT)
When a bloodied and bruised Amy Kynoch regained consciousness in the back of a speeding truck, she realised her ‘typical’ day at work had taken a disastrous turn. Read more.
Read more$500,000 raised in 12 hours: Double Up for the Doc Day (SA/NT)
On 5 March, RFDS SA/NT held its annual Double Up for the Doc Day with the goal to raise $300,000 in just 12 hours to fit out a new aircraft due to join its aeromedical fleet.
Read moreThank you for saving their lives (NSW/ACT)
Here’s a special video from the Flying Doctor to say a heartfelt thank you for everything you made possible in 2024.
Read moreCoen local named 2024 RFDS Queensland Hero (QLD)
A dedicated healthcare advocate working to help people die with dignity has been named the 2024 Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) Queensland Hero.
Read moreThe heartbeat of Coen (QLD)
In the small town of Coen in the Cape York region, resident and Primary Health Care Administration Officer Jodi Hamilton has become renowned for her compassion, empathy, and unwavering support for those in the community.
Read moreMacAlpine family forever grateful for the Flying Doctor (NSW/ACT)
Two years on, young Henry is thriving after needing urgent medical care.
Read moreRFDS Christmas Cards (SA/NT)
Are you looking for a Christmas solution for that hard-to-buy-for person? Donate a Christmas gift that saves lives this Christmas. Order today.
Read morePartnering With Consumers (SA/NT)
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has focused on the needs of remote and rural Australians for more than nine decades.
Read moreRFDS Flight Nurse delivers own baby (QLD)
When Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Flight Nurse Hayden Wilson completed his midwifery studies in July 2019, little did he know he’d be putting those skills to use two years later to deliver his own child!
Read moreBecoming a Flying Doctor (QLD)
For Dr Shaun Francis there was no defining moment that inspired his career. Instead, it was a culmination of things — his rural upbringing, interest in human biology, and desire to work as part of a high performing team, in a high-pressure environment — that led him to where he is today.
Read moreDrama in the outback (QLD)
From lost and injured station hands, to heart attacks and mid-air births, there is no such thing as a typical workday for RFDS (Queensland Section) Flight Nurse Jacinta Jones.
Read moreIsuzu UTE support RFDS in delivering primary health clinics
Earlier this year, the Isuzu UTE team travelled to Dubbo to meet the Primary Health team and see the MU-X in action.
Read moreBrought back to life... twice: Colleen's story (SA/NT)
Richard Elliott thought he’d lost the love of his life when his partner Colleen Pickering’s heart stopped not once, but twice, in the middle of the night – in the middle of the outback.
Read moreA student placement with the RFDS led to Mick landing his dream job (SA/NT)
Having grown up in the suburbs of Melbourne, working as a mental health clinician in the Central Desert of Australia is a whole new world for Mick Keane.
Read moreBack on his feet (WA)
It seems unbelievable that anyone could survive being knocked down by a 500 kilogram bale of feed, but Denmark farmer George Ross lived to tell the tale.
Read moreElla's outback dash (WA)
Ella Reindler is one of very few pregnant women who can say they drove themself to hospital behind the wheel of a prime mover.
Read moreA call to action for safer healthcare (QLD)
This World Patient Safety Day, the RFDS (Queensland Section) is shining a spotlight on patient safety awareness and the importance of supporting our healthcare systems.
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