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2024 NT Year in Review
Your Flying Doctor exists to support healthier and happier Australians, no matter where they live, work or play. Check out our 2023/24 NT Year in Review.
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#118 A Postmaster's pocketknife & a Doctor's outback dash to save Jimmy Darcy!
21 Nov 2024How a postmaster's pocketknife and a determined doctor's outback dash to save a dying stockman, changed Australian history.
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Mother-to-be Helen's emergency flight to Perth
19 Nov 2024First time mother-to-be Helen did everything right throughout her pregnancy this year. She hung up her riding helmet and was taking extra care around the horses. But one hot February morning, a regular day at the stud took a dramatic turn.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service WA celebrates major achievements at 2024 AGM
15 Nov 2024The RFDS WA held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our Jandakot headquarters where the 2023-24 Financial Report and Annual Report were presented for formal endorsement by the Board.
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#117 Ryan nursed himself back from his own heart attack
14 Nov 2024Remote area nurse Ryan Franks saved his own life after suffering a heart attack in Coral Bay.
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Celebrating the Best of Rural Health
08 Nov 2024RFDS staff celebrated this week at the 2024 National Rural and Remote Health Awards in Canberra, alongside Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia and with around 180 rural health professionals and distinguished guests from across Australia.
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#116 How Mick hurt his back on the Birdsville Track!
07 Nov 2024Mick was airlifted from Birdsville to Mt Isa after a random fall caused a temporary paralysis in his neck and back.
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#115 A mercy flight to Townsville was baby Selene's only option!
31 Oct 2024Baby Selene was struggling to breathe after developing an abscess on her tonsils.
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Flying free: RFDS aircraft dedicated in memory of Limestone Coast benefactor
28 Oct 2024During an emotional ceremony in October 2024, RFDS aircraft ‘VH-FNH’ was dedicated in loving memory of the late Glenda Kidman.
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Our Robin Miller Scholarship intern
25 Oct 2024Tessa Mitchell recently interned with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia as a student flight nurse.
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#114 Despite breaking his neck twice, Jaimen Hudson is living his best life
24 Oct 2024On Easter Monday 2024, Jaimen Hudson was thrown from his all-terrain wheelchair and broke his neck...for a second time.
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2024 Year in Review
24 Oct 2024Your Flying Doctor exists to support healthier and happier Australians, no matter where they live, work or play. Check out our 2023/24 Year in Review.
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Meeting in 'The Mount': RFDS SA/NT AGM 2024
23 Oct 2024It was fantastic to be joined by more than 150 community members, donors and supporters at the RFDS SA/NT Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mount Gambier this month.
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Stay safe this harvest season
22 Oct 2024For 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.
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A future engineer visits the hangar
21 Oct 2024Our engineers were proud to work alongside year 12 Kent Street High School student, Harrison, during his work experience in our Jandakot hangar.
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SA Government announces new funding agreement with RFDS to enhance response times and boost staff
17 Oct 2024The RFDS has secured an historic new agreement with the SA Government to significantly boost aircraft services and staff enabling faster patient transfers.
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