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Graphic: Leia at Fortescue HQ
Leia's Story
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.
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RFDS welcomes two leading medical experts to its board
08 Mar 2019RFDS Western Operations is proud to announce the appointment of Director of Burns Service WA Professor Fiona Wood AM and McCusker Director of Lions Outback Vision Dr Angus Turner to its board.
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RFDS pilot first woman in the Southern Hemisphere to command the Pilatus PC-24 jet
08 Mar 2019RFDS Western Operations pilot Lisa Roper-Campbell is the first woman in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere to command the world-first for aero medical service Pilatus PC-24 jet.
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RFDS Western Operations fleet world-leader in aero medical services
25 Feb 2019The arrival of the second Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet 'Kimberley' marks the completion of the RFDS Western Operations integrated fleet.
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A Christmas miracle - Jeremy's Flying Doctor story
21 Dec 2018"Jeremy wouldn't be alive today if the RFDS didn't come to get us that day," Wheatbelt resident Sherelle said.
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World-first aero medical PC-24 jet lands in WA
04 Dec 2018On Sunday December 2, Rio Tinto Managing Director Pilbara Mines Stefan Buys joined RFDS Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Tomkinson to witness the historic touchdown of the RFDS' first Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet aircraft at Broome International Airport.
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Your Christmas 2018 Wish for the Flying Doctor
20 Nov 2018Thank you for supporting the RFDS. We would love to hear your Chistmas wishes for the Flying Doctor!
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Emilia's Story
20 Nov 2018“The isolation felt extreme in Coral Bay when Emilia was bitten by the snake.”
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