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An outback nightmare: Lil's story
With blood splayed across the white tiles of her bathroom, Lil’s family and friends arrived to what looked like a scene from a horror movie.
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Flying Doctor Community Transport Expands to Numurkah
27 Jul 2022Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria and NCN Health are pleased to announce a new partnership.
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Message from RFDSSE President Professor David Lyle
26 Jul 2022It is a great honour for me to write this first message to you as President of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) (RFDSSE).
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Flying Angels get Garry to life-saving surgery
26 Jul 2022In a critical condition after major surgery, Garry needed a pacemaker urgently and the Flying Doctor were able to get him to hospital in time.
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Following in her father’s footsteps
21 Jul 2022Western Queenslander Liane Spencer has a lifelong connection with The Flying Doctor, working as the Charleville Base Manager, metres away from the hangar that her father serviced RFDS aircrafts for more than 30 years.
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Give Them Wings scholarship recipients for 2022 announced
18 Jul 2022This year, the Flying Doctor was able to award five scholarships to five dedicated an deserving health care students from rural Victoria.
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Going above and beyond for the RFDS
13 Jul 2022Devonport husband and wife team Robert and Caren van Norden are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime as the first Tasmanians to enter the Royal Flying Doctor Service fundraiser – the Outback Air Race.
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WA Flying Doctor appoints Dwayne Mallard as first Indigenous board member
08 Jul 2022The 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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NAIDOC Week 2022
07 Jul 2022Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! is the theme this NAIDOC Week (3-10 July) and Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Recognised Mental Health Counsellor Joseph Oui is encouraging everyone to do just that.
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AWN continues to raise funds for RFDS Victoria after 19 years
04 Jul 2022At their annual auction, AWN raised a total of $6,912.50 for RFDS Victoria through their wool auction in Melbourne.
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Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! NAIDOC 2022
02 Jul 2022The Royal Flying Doctor Service is celebrating NAIDOC week and this years theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
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Touchdown on paramedic career
01 Jul 2022RFDS Tasmania farewells a truly amazing aeromedical team member with Ambulance Tasmania intensive care flight paramedic Nick Chapman finishing up after 38 years in the job, the last 10 in aeromedical at the Launceston base.
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WA Flying Doctor welcomes Northern Star Resources Limited as newest major partner
01 Jul 2022The 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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RFDS Victoria wins Fundraising Team of the Year at FIA Awards
30 Jun 2022This accolade has been a few years in the making, with our Marketing and Fundraising team showing continued effort to drive impact through creativity and innovation.
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Meekatharra Flight Nurse retires after 18 years of service with the RFDS
27 Jun 2022After 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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Roma Saleyards to raise funds for the Flying Doctor
24 Jun 2022The Maranoa Council is set to donate 50 per cent of the live weight and open auction selling fees received for each head of cattle sold at the upcoming Roma Saleyards Store Sale.
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