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RFDS named Australia's most reputable charity for 12th time (NSW/ACT)
The RFDS has been recognised as Australia’s Most Reputable Charity for the 12th time in RepTrak’s annual charity and not-for-profit study for 2023.
Read moreSA Government announces new funding agreement with RFDS to enhance response times and boost staff (SA/NT)
The RFDS has secured an historic new agreement with the SA Government to significantly boost aircraft services and staff enabling faster patient transfers.
Read moreFrom childhood dreams to RFDS wings (QLD)
As a boy, Michael Urquhart was fascinated with planes and clouds and still vividly remembers his first flight at the age of nine in a Piper Cherokee at Hervey Bay.
Read moreRFDS named Australia's Most Reputable Charity (SA/NT)
The RFDS was recently recognised as Australia’s Most Reputable Charity for the 12th time in Reptrak’s annual charity and not-for-profit study (2023). Find out more.
Read moreFlying Doctor Day 2024 (WA)
On 15 May 2024, the RFDS will celebrate Flying Doctor Day and 96 years of proudly providing emergency aeromedical and essential health care services to the Australian community.
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 morePilots soar across the outback to raise vital funds for remote communities (NSW/ACT)
Outback Air Race sets a new record raising funds for the Flying Doctor
Read moreLeia's Story (WA)
As a fly-in fly-out HR professional for 15 years, Leia Piccoli had witnessed many mining colleagues require an RFDS retrieval in a medical emergency. She had never expected to need the service herself.
Read moreRFDS doctors sparking health transformation in rural Queensland (QLD)
There is no such thing as a typical day for a RFDS Primary Health Care Doctor, but every day brings the satisfaction of making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities in rural and remote Queensland.
Read moreOperation Mitchell Plateau (WA)
It was a team effort when the RFDS was called to retrieve a woman who broke her leg hiking in one of WA’s most hard-to-reach locations.
Read moreCardiac rehab reaching further (TAS)
A landmark Australian digital health platform that facilitates the virtual delivery of cardiac rehabilitation services for patients will be utilised by Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania to enhance its physical health program.
Read moreOutback ready to rock again in 2023 (NSW/ACT)
Festivalgoers quickly snap up Mundi Mundi Bash tickets, with 2023 event a sell-out
Read moreAustralia Day achievements (SA/NT)
Flying Doctor staff and volunteers were recognised in this year's Australia Day honours.
Read moreFrom hike to hospital: Lyn’s story (SA/NT)
It wasn’t until after safely completing a popular Northern Territory hiking trail that a Melbourne tourist found herself walking on the edge.
Read moreShirley's Sliding Door (SA/NT)
RFDS airlifted Shirley Mclean following a health emergency at Mungerannie
Read moreA risk of rupture and a race against time: Robert's story (SA/NT)
As time ticked by, Robert had a tight window to travel 3,000km across the country for life-saving surgery.
Read moreThere’s more than one red belly in the sky this Christmas! (QLD)
There’s more than one red belly in the sky this Christmas!
Read morePrimary care access vital for better health outcomes in remote Australia
The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report was released today.
Read moreA 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 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 more“Every day I open my eyes and think, ‘Wow, I’m alive'... (NSW/ACT)
Michelle was 13 weeks pregnant when she had a shocking accident on her farm near West Wyalong, in central-western NSW.
Read moreFlying Doctor there for Caitlin when baby Hardy decides to arrive early on Mother’s Day (NSW/ACT)
Caitlin's relaxed start to Mothers Day ended when she went into early labour four hours from the nearest maternity ward, but the Flying Doctor was there to help.
Read moreKaren Barlow's 25 year career with the Flying Doctor (NSW/ACT)
As the Dubbo RFDS base celebrates 25 years of operation in July, one of those who was there from the very beginning will also reach the special milestone.
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