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Dubbo Visitor Experience features in new series, Love an Aussie Road Trip (NSW/ACT)
Dubbo Visitor Experience listed as a top attraction on NSW Government and Australia Day Council of NSW series, Love an Aussie Road Trip
Read moreRFDS Victoria partners with Cooper Energy to support rural health needs (VIC)
RFDS Victoria has signed a three-year partnership agreement with Cooper Energy’s Legacy Foundation.
Read moreShared values, sharing experience: from ADF to RFDS (NSW/ACT)
On Anzac Day, Australia reflects on the contribution of our armed services. Several former ADF personnel now work with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section), bringing with them a unique professionalism and sense of duty.
Read moreRural Health is a Major Election Issue
Due to the decline of maternity services in the bush, the number of pregnant women, flown by the RFDS in a medical emergency from rural areas to a maternity hospital has doubled.
Read moreMental Health in the Bush: Access a fifth the rate of city
RFDS research published by the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals more about mental health in the bush and access to mental health services.
Read moreFlying Doctor’s Wellbeing Place helping rural Australians recover from a tough 2020 (NSW/ACT)
After a year of unexpected challenges, more and more families are using our vital mental health services for support.
Read moreNew $20 note launched in Broken Hill
New $20 note is launched in Broken Hill by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Barlow family (featured on the new design of the note, from a 1948 photo of The Veldt Station in remote NSW)
Read moreTaking Flight: Vicki Harrison, Pilot, Townsville (QLD)
“Even though mum passed away in 2008, I knew she would have been thrilled that I was combining medicine and aviation. With her work as a nurse and love of flying, she had always wanted to work with the RFDS.”
Read moreFarmhand to Flying Doctor (QLD)
The mail plane was small. It didn’t fill me with confidence – one engine, one pilot. But he was friendly and made me feel a little reassured. I was 15 years old and heading out to Abingdon Downs Station in gulf country Queensland, to visit my school friend Klancie, and ‘help’ with the mustering.
Read moreGet to know Emma Wex (QLD)
One day you may be tasked to a woman in pre-term labour, the next day you could be attending a car roll over.
Read moreOutback Survival: Staying Safe in the Heat and Sun (QLD)
Before you embark on your adventure, make sure you're prepared for and protected against the sun and heat by following these precautions.
Read moreLifelong supporter of the RFDS (Queensland Section) dies aged 90. (QLD)
Former Banana Shire cattle Farmer Ray Grace and generous supporter of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has died peacefully aged 90.
Read moreSimulation technology helps tackle virus (QLD)
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) medical staff are using the latest high-tech medical simulation technology to aid in the fight against COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Read moreProviding Aeromedical Care to Remote Indigenous Communities
This research considers the health of Indigenous Australians living in remote and very remote areas. It details illness and accident demand for aeromedical retrievals of Indigenous Australians by the RFDS from remote and very remote Australia.
Read moreSESDD (NSW/ACT)
We deliver life-saving emergency evacuations, vital primary healthcare support and patient transport services to Australians in the Outback.
Read moreTransport service a lifeline for Pat and Allan (VIC)
Allan’s eyesight isn’t what it used to be, which had made it impossible for the Heathcote local and his wife Pat to attend medical appointments in Bendigo, 50km away. Thankfully, Flying Doctor Community Transport can help people like Pat Allan get to vital medical appointments.
Read moreOutback Survival: Safety Around Water (QLD)
Despite only a fraction of the population living in remote or rural areas, these regions are responsible for one third of all drownings nationwide.
Read moreRide on! (QLD)
If you learn about the people and places they get to, the stories of retrieval and survival are extraordinary. They are not like a normal clinical hospital situation, they adapt brilliantly.
Read more2020 RFDS Queensland Hero announced (QLD)
The 2020 RFDS Queensland Hero is Bede Little, a first responder who has also fundraised for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS).
Read moreJUNE: Reaching new heights of community care (SA/NT)
The RFDS steps up during the COVID-19 pandemic, transporting patients, pathology tests and even school students across the borders.
Read moreAPRIL: Diabetes results improve during COVID-19 shutdown (SA/NT)
Digital health consultations soared in April as the RFDS found innovative new ways to connect with isolated communities during COVID-19 – with some unexpected results.
Read moreFEBRUARY: Flying across a pandemic (SA/NT)
The RFDS was the first aeromedical organisation to manage a positive COVID-19 case on Australian soil.
Read moreA son's dream and a mother's love (QLD)
Every year, many of our kind and generous supporters make the decision to include a gift in their Will to the Flying Doctor. For some, it’s a way to show their appreciation for a service that has kept their community safe.
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