The RFDS in WA

Facts & Figures

The RFDS Western Operations fleet consists of 18 aircraft including 16 Pilatus PC-12 turboprop aircraft and two Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 Jet aircraft with a third to arrive in 2022.
Two EC-145 Helicopters are also expected to join the RFDS Western Operations fleet by the end of 2021.
We have five strategically located bases throughout Western Australia in Broome, Kalgoorlie, Jandakot, Meekatharra and Port Hedland.
Our services provide a 'mantle of safety' across more than the 2.5 million square kilometres of Western Australia - the world's largest and most remote health jurisdiction.

During the 2020-2021 financial year, the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia provided:

10,097 aeromedical retrievals, including 1,830 primary evacuations, 8,041 inter-hospital transfers and 227 repatriations.
1,509 patients were retrieved and aero medically treated on the Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jets from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
>50,000 medical consultation and retrieval advice calls.
10,316 patients treated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations at 1,813 clinics.
>9,500 patients treated at clinics facilitated by the RFDS (where transport only was provided)
9million kilometres was the distance travelled by the RFDS Western Operations integrated fleet.
16,000+ landings.