The RFDS in WA
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CBH and RFDS WA extend partnership
The RFDS WA is pleased to announce CBH Group has extended its commitment as a Major Partner for a further three years.
More detailsLeia'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.
Parker's Story
Last year the Galloway family were holidaying in Esperance when they were faced with every parent’s worst nightmare.
Saturday night snakebite
For long-haul truck driver Lee, Saturday nights are usually spent behind the wheel on lonely stretches of highway, but one such night in March took a turn, when he had to be flown from to Perth by the Flying Doctor.
Ella's outback dash
Ella Reindler is one of very few pregnant women who can say they drove themself to hospital behind the wheel of a prime mover.
Clinical Leader of the Year
RFDS WA Head of Nursing Paul Ingram has been named Clinical Leader of the Year at the WA Rural Health Awards.
The Flying Nurse
Lisa Killian is an RFDS Primary Health Care Nurse based in Broome. She has lived in the Kimberley and central Australia for the past 14 years, working in a variety of nursing roles.
Meet Dan Byles
Dan Byles has been the Organisational Resilience Lead for the RFDS WA since 2021.
Trains, planes and the RFDS
Doctor Jig is accustomed to working inside the tight space of an RFDS aircraft, but one retrieval saw him treating an unwell passenger within the confines of the iconic Indian Pacific train.
