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17 Apr 2025

5th medical student Chloe Campbell is urging young rural women to consider a career in medicine

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12 Sep 2022

90 days of service for the RFDS Fortescue Heli-Med Service

In its first 90 days of service, the RFDS Fortescue Heli-Med Service has transferred a total of 24 patients.

Heli-Med Service
09 Sep 2022

Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) offers our deepest condolences to the Royal Family.

Remembering the Queen
09 Sep 2022

Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

We at the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia pay homage and extend our deepest sympathies to the Royal family on the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, who has been a trusted and guiding light over the last century.

Queen Elizabeth II
07 Sep 2022

Your Flying Doctor Spring Magazine has landed!

The latest edition of Your Flying Doctor – the official magazine of the RFDS in Western Australia has just landed.

Spring Magazine
07 Sep 2022

Meet RFDS WA nurse and midwife Brooke Maloney

“You are safe, your baby is safe and we are all in this together." These are the reassuring words of RFDS WA flight nurse and midwife Brooke Maloney who flew in to a remote country hospital from Perth to help a woman in premature labour.

Brooke Maloney
07 Sep 2022

Horizontal Falls boating accident patients reunite with RFDS crew

Months on from the Horizontal Falls boating incident, Queenslander Jim Birch recounts the harrowing experience and shares his gratitude to the RFDS and all emergency services involved in the rescue.

Horizontal Falls
07 Sep 2022

Flying high for the RFDS: Meet rotary pilot Jim McGuire

“Working with the RFDS, we get to assist people often when they need it most and I can’t think of any better way to spend my day at work,” Jim said.

Jim McGuire
07 Sep 2022

Offering a hand to a service helping the community

Committed and passionate supports of the WA Flying Doctor, the Carnarvon Australasian Order of Old Bastards have raised more than $500,000 since 1995 and have played a pivotal role in helping our service grow.

AOOB for RFDS
07 Sep 2022

Dream job at the RFDS: Meet Flying Doctor Anthony Rengel

As a child, RFDS WA Dr Anthony Rengel loved anything and everything to do with flying and would regularly visit Jandakot Airport to watch aircraft take off and land with his father.

Dr Anthony Rengel
01 Sep 2022

Supporting the future of Queenslanders

Dr Shauna Taylor is a Flying Doctor legend — in more ways than one. Working for the RFDS, she spends countless hours saving lives and caring for people, Through a gift in her Will, Dr Shauna will also have a lasting and life-changing impact to Queenslanders in regional, rural and remote areas.

RFDS aircraft
30 Aug 2022

Down to the wire: Richy's story

A devastating fall from a ladder while on a job 540km north of Adelaide became a race against time for carpenter Richard Hobbs.

RFDS patient Richy Hobbs
30 Aug 2022

RFDS veteran bids farewell after 34 years: Q&A with Captain Ray Mundy

After more than 30 years of delivering aeromedical services to outback Australians, RFDS Central Operations’ longest-serving pilot Ray Mundy has hung up his hat.

RFDS Pilot Ray Mundy
30 Aug 2022

Healthy smiles, happy lives: Delivering oral health care at the base of Uluru

At the base of Uluru, the RFDS is working together with the Aboriginal Community of Mutitjulu to promote healthy smiles and happy lives.

At the base of Uluru, the RFDS is working together with the Aboriginal Community of Mutitjulu to promote healthy smiles and happy lives.
30 Aug 2022

Out and about: August 2022 fundraising recap

RFDS Auxillaries and Support Groups alongside our crews have been busy engaging with the local community to spread awareness and raise funds for the Flying Doctor.

Out and about with RFDS volunteers and supporters
30 Aug 2022

RFDS Central Operations welcomes new board members

The RFDS Central Operations recently appointed 2022 NT Australian of the Year Leanne Liddle and aviation expert Geoff Roberts to its Board.

Leanne Liddle