The RFDS in WA

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Gus' Story

Gus' Story: Double trouble in the Wheatbelt

17 Nov 2025

Just before Christmas last year, a fire tore through Clint and Erin McPherson’s farm at Gillingarra, south of Moora.

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25 Oct 2024

Our Robin Miller Scholarship intern

Tessa Mitchell recently interned with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia as a student flight nurse.

Tessa standing in front of a PC-24
22 Oct 2024

Stay safe this harvest season

For the past 96 years, the nurses, doctors and pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been no strangers to Western Australian grain-growers.

PC-12 taking off from a paddock.
21 Oct 2024

A future engineer visits the hangar

Our engineers were proud to work alongside year 12 Kent Street High School student, Harrison, during his work experience in our Jandakot hangar.

Head of engineering Andy smiling with work experience student Harrison.
10 Oct 2024

Laura's army

Laura McKenney was a 21 year old nursing student when she was involved in a near-fatal car rollover in the southern wheatbelt town of Pingrup and was retrieved by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Laura and her family in the RFDS WA hangar
30 Sep 2024

The flying dentist

Dentist Vincenzo Figliomeni had been working in an on-call emergency role at Perth Children’s Hospital when he started to see a worrying trend.

Dr Vince with dental nurse Wendy and patient Tyeesa.
27 Sep 2024

Shared history

It’s a true legend of the bush that inspired the Reverend John Flynn’s vision to create what eventually became the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Ancestors smiling in front of a PC-12.
19 Sep 2024

Operation Mitchell Plateau

It was a team effort when the RFDS was called to retrieve a woman who broke her leg hiking in one of WA’s most hard-to-reach locations.

Transferring a patient through rocky terrain
17 Sep 2024

Country & Westynn

Karratha mum Tui Magner was excited to welcome her first son after having three beautiful daughters. But once her newborn was in her arms, Tui quickly realised little Westynn was not well.

Tui smiling while holding baby Westynn