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Flying Doctor Day 2024

14 May 2024

On 15 May 2024, the RFDS will celebrate Flying Doctor Day and 96 years of proudly providing emergency aeromedical and essential health care services to the Australian community.

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'Ningaloo' takes to the skies

05 Aug 2022

Three children have scored a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name the newest Rio Tinto LifeFlight PC-24 jet used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia.

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WA resources industry digs deep for RFDS

02 Aug 2022

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Western Australia is grateful to be the beneficiary of a Topdrill Resource Industry Charity Sundowner held in Kalgoorlie on Sunday 31 July, the eve of the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum.

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WA Flying Doctor appoints Dwayne Mallard as first Indigenous board member

08 Jul 2022

The WA Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) proudly welcomed our newest board member Dwayne Mallard to our Jandakot base during NAIDOC Week.

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WA Flying Doctor welcomes Northern Star Resources Limited as newest major partner

01 Jul 2022

The WA Flying Doctor is pleased to announce Northern Star Resources Limited have jumped on board as our newest major partner to establish a new facility supporting health in the Goldfields.

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Meekatharra Flight Nurse retires after 18 years of service with the RFDS

27 Jun 2022

After 18 years with the Royal Flying Doctor Service out of our Meekatharra base, we bid Flight Nurse Anna Van Der Werf a fond farewell and happy retirement.

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Near, far, wherever you are, the RFDS has your back

21 Jun 2022

No matter where you are in WA, people are always within reach of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, thanks to our Medical Chest Program.

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Rescue operation at Horizontal Falls an extraordinary day for the RFDS

17 Jun 2022

On Friday 27 May 2022, RFDS WA teams were called to one of the most difficult medical emergencies in the last decade, leading a rescue operation to extract nearly 20 patients after a boating incident at Horizontal Falls in the remote Kimberley.

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Urgent RFDS jet retrieval for WA baby Charlie

17 Jun 2022

Arriving five weeks early at Broome Hospital, Charlie was born with a rare medical condition that affects only one in 800,000 babies.

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