The RFDS in WA

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RFDS and CBH

CBH and RFDS WA extend partnership

09 Apr 2025

The RFDS WA is pleased to announce CBH Group has extended its commitment as a Major Partner for a further three years.

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25 Mar 2025

The sky diaries

Retrieval Nurse John Howes has marked an incredible 30 years of service with the RFDS, caring for thousands of patients in that time.

Nurse John smiling
20 Mar 2025

High achiever

RFDS patients are in safe hands with helicopter pilot Jason Parsons, whose wide-ranging aviation career spans flying for the Royal Australian Air Force and United States Air Force to the Qantas Dreamliner.

Jason flying an RFDS helicopter
13 Mar 2025

Border dash to save a limb

Callum Smith was enjoying a day of wakeboarding on Lake Argyle in the state’s far north when he took a fall that almost cost him his arm.

Callum smiling in a hospital bed
12 Mar 2025

Back on his feet

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.

George smiling
10 Mar 2025

Lucky landing

Living in the Pilbara, little Savannah loves being outdoors and playing in the red dirt. The sixyear-old was climbing a large tree in her family’s Tom Price backyard when she slipped from a branch and fell almost five metres.

Savannah and her mum Rachel on the PC-12.
07 Mar 2025

The RFDS welcomes Geraldton election pledges

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS) has welcomed election commitments from three major parties to increase the RFDS’ presence in Geraldton.

Sydney Memorial in Geraldton
05 Mar 2025

Special Delivery

Jade Pers thought she had seen it all in nearly 10 years as a retrieval nurse for RFDS – but she had never delivered a baby.

Baby Louisianna
04 Mar 2025

International Women's Day 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia invites you to get to know some of the amazing women making a difference every day.

Bec working in Ops