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In hot water (SA/NT)

Louis Orr was airlifted from the NT after suffering an horrific injury.

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#64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...

Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Richard has learnt some lessons in recent years...

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#84 How did the remote SA township of Marla come to be?

Jane Oakley-Lohm is a central figure in the story of Marla, a remote township in South Australia that sprung up from a roadhouse created in the 1980's.

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#111 A swag of snake stories to keep you safe this summer

Snake season is here again and the Flying Doctor podcast has some 'snakey tales' and 'incredible patient snake stories' to share.

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Helping nurses to become midwives (QLD)

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) is offering midwifery scholarships to registered nurses to help them gain the qualifications they need to become a flight nurse for RFDS.

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Message from the Chair October 2023 (NSW/ACT)

RFDSSE Chair thankful for your ongoing support

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Introducing NT low-acuity services (SA/NT)

The Flying Doctor’s newest retrieval service is now fully operational in Darwin and has already supported a number of Territorians to safely return home after hospital stays.

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RFDSSE Medical Services Condobolin reaches one-year milestone (NSW/ACT)

RFDSSE Medical Services celebrated one year since it began operations in Condobolin, providing GP services to the wider community.

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RFDS is sowing seeds of learning (NSW/ACT)

GROW program is supporting communities across Western NSW

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Support Us (TAS)

Make a personal or corporate donation, enquire about a bequest, or give in memory today. All donations stay in Tasmania.

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Rural mum's rare scare (SA/NT)

RFDS SA/NT February Appeal

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Meet Nurse Niamh (SA/NT)

From the green hills of Ireland to the ochre heart of the Australian Outback - Niamh Gallagher's career as a Mental Health Clinician has taken her many places.

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Meet Our Nurses: Anne Alexander (SA/NT)

As a Remote Area Nurse, Anne Alexander embraces the local community spirit as part of her day-to-day job.

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From 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.

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NO ONE SHOULD FACE ILLNESS ALONE (NSW/ACT)

Peter tells his inspiring story after shock cancer diagnosis.

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Tele-health

The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides thousands of people in the bush with telehealth services for primary health service provision.

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Adele's Story: "I've never had an asthma attack like this before" (WA)

Dr Adele Millard is an anthropologist, while working in a remote area outside of Newman she began experiencing what she assumed were thunderstorm asthma symptoms.

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Chloe's Story: A tiny miracle born 3 months early (WA)

28 weeks pregnant, 700kms from Perth. Chloe was flown by the RFDS to Perth for urgent specialist care but before she could get inside, in the Fiona Stanley Hospital carpark, Henry was born.

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Out of breath, out of nowhere: Shannon's story (SA/NT)

Gasping for air. Down on all fours. Shannon was clinging to life in one of the most isolated places in the world.

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Out of breath, out of nowhere: Shannon's story (NSW/ACT)

Out of breath, out of nowhere: Shannon's story

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Ruth Sandow's inspiring path with the RFDS (NSW/ACT)

In the remote landscapes of rural New South Wales, Ruth Sandow's story with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) unfolds as a testament to determination and community spirit.

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Road Ambulance Service (SA/NT)

RFDS Road Ambulance Service in South Australia

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What we do

Details of services provided by the Flying Doctor Australia wide. Including life-saving emergency evacuations and comprehensive primary healthcare

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Born to be an engineer (QLD)

RFDS Senior Base Engineer Nick Mann has always dreamt of flying an aircraft but can’t get enough of fixing them.

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John Flynn Dental Assistant Scholarship (TAS)

John Flynn Dental Assistant Scholarship

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