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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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Message from our President
07 Apr 2022RFDSSE President, Captain Alex Scamps, talks about the latest news and updates from the Flying Doctor
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Volunteers the lifeblood of remote clinics
07 Apr 2022Without clinic coordinators, our delivery of primary health in communities wouldn’t be as successful
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Flying Doctor saves the day for Reverend
07 Apr 2022Reverend inspired to become a supporter and make a regular gift after needing our services when he suffered a heart-attack.
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Behind the aircraft
07 Apr 2022Behind every Flying Doctor aircraft there are a team of pilots and engineers who ensure our fleet is in the safest working order before take-off.
Read full storySupporter profile: Dr Sandra L J Johnson
07 Apr 2022The big-hearted and visionary supporters that choose to leave a gift in their Will to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) are helping ensure that we will be able to continue providing essential healthcare to rural, regional and remote Aussie communities for generations to come.
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Here for our communities. More aeromedical services for Broken Hill
06 Apr 2022An additional plane and 12-hour pilot shift boosts bush coverage
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A growing service. More patient transportation from our Bankstown base
06 Apr 2022The Flying Doctor makes it easier for patients to get between regional NSW and Sydney.
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Outback Car Trek back on the road to raise funds
06 Apr 2022Organisers have announced where the Outback Car Trek is headed in 2022.
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Festival will once again rock the outback
06 Apr 2022As one Mundi Mundi Bash comes to fruition, we are excitedly preparing for the next outback festival in just a few months’ time
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Anna overcomes fear with Flying Doctor
06 Apr 2022Going into labour and needing to be flown to hospital wasn’t part of the plan for a quiet weekend away.
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Flying Doctor Community Transport is set to expand its service right across Victoria.
31 Mar 2022RFDS Victoria is proud and excited to announce that it will be expanding its successful Community Transport service into eight new sites across Victoria from 2022.
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Australian Government announces Flying Doctor 10-year strategic partnership
25 Mar 2022The Minister for Regional Health, Dr David Gillespie, and Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Chair, Dr John O’Donnell, today announced a ten-year $1 billion partnership between the Australian Government and the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
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Newest recruits complete induction training
21 Mar 2022Our newest doctors spent a day treating simulated patients in scenario-based exercises.
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QCoal Foundation invests in innovative RFDS pilot training
18 Mar 2022The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) today welcomed a new $3 million commitment from QCoal Foundation for a new world-class aviation training facility in Bundaberg.
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Close The Gap Day
17 Mar 202217th of March is National Close the Gap Day, 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.
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