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RFDS Hosts Inaugural National Partnership Event at Adelaide Base – 2025
These partnerships are vital. Without the ongoing support and generosity of our partners, the RFDS could not deliver essential healthcare to the most remote and rural corners of the country. This event was a chance to show them exactly how their contributions help us reach Australians wherever they
More detailsRFDS WA Celebrates 100 Heli-Med Retrievals
Doctors' Day
To mark Doctors' Day, we reached out to three of the RFDS team to ask them what their job means to them. Here’s what they said.
#66 Plane on the highway, dress, shopping, and passing on words of wisdom
Leanne Liddle is an Arrernte woman born and raised in Alice Springs, who tells of growing up in a racist environment, her work as the first Aboriginal policewoman in South Australia, her many touch points with the Flying Doctor and her current work as one of our RFDS Board members in South Australia
RFDS Victoria purchases health clinic in Robinvale
After extensive consultation, RFDS Victoria has officially acquired the Robinvale District Medical Centre (RDMC).
Viva Energy keeping the Flying Doctor in the air and on the ground
Royal Flying Doctor Service and Viva Energy announced an exciting new fuel supply partnership, bringing together two iconic Australian organisations with a long history of helping people get safely to their destinations.
Melbourne Chamber of Commerce tours the Flying Doctor’s hangar
The latest Melbourne Chamber of Commerce Best Practice tour saw members go behind the scenes of the Flying Doctor’s aeromedical operations at Essendon Fields.
#65 Jon Readhead, Jigalong and the Flying Doctor
Jon is approaching his 80th birthday and has had a varied career. This podcast talks about Jon’s work at Jigalong, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia in the 1970s, and his experiences with The Flying Doctor.
#64 Heat and dehydration has stopped Richard's heart 8 times...
Opal miner, Richard Hawkins, lives in one of the harshest environments on the planet - Andamooka in remote South Australia. Though he knows well the protocols to prevent deadly dehydration in the extreme desert heat, Richard has learnt some lessons in recent years...
#63 Family holiday plans changed quickly when 7-year-old Mia stumbled by the campfire...
Kayla and Mia tell the story of a road trip where things took an unexpected turn when 7-year-old Mia, who had been warming herself by the fire and waiting for mum to cook dinner, stumbled and to prevent herself falling into the fire, she put her hand into a pot that was sitting on top of the coals.
Close the Gap Day 2023
National Close the Gap Day is a day of action for Indigenous health equality that aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
First Flying Doctor Community Transport site in Gippsland announced
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RDFS) Victoria is delighted to announce a new partnership with South Gippsland Hospital to expand its Flying Doctor Community Transport service into the community of Foster and surrounds.
RFDS Victoria hosts health roundtable in Robinvale
The 2023 Robinvale Health Roundtable was an opportunity to discuss Robinvale's health care needs, and how we can collaborate and create better health outcomes for the community.
New major national partnership with Isuzu UTE Australia
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has established a multi-year national partnership with Isuzu UTE Australia (Isuzu UTE).
#62 It was too late to get to hospital, and the baby was in breech
Sam Shearer is the registered nurse at the NSW Health White Cliffs Clinic, and works with and alongside the RFDS regularly.
