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Kelly was a mum to a newborn baby boy when she underwent treatment for a brain tumour

#97 Kelly was heavily pregnant when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour

27 Jun 2024

Kelly Foran was eagerly expecting the arrival of her first child when she told by Doctors that she had a brain tumour the size of a 'goose egg'.

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Bankstown Launch

Back to the outback from Bankstown

09 Aug 2021

New Non-Emergency Patient Transport service takes off from Bankstown.

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flight nurse justine powell queensland

A nurse's life in the sky

08 Aug 2021

From finding a career to finding love, in her 20 years with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) Nurse Manager Justine Powell has quite a few interesting tales to tell.

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$20 note with John Flynn on it.

The little-known history of the $20 note

07 Aug 2021

There's a good change you've got a $20 in your wallet right now, but not many know the real story behind the man on the red note. His name is John Flynn and it all started back in 1917.

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CEO Greg Sam

Message from our CEO

06 Aug 2021

A message from our Chief Executive Officer, Greg Sam.

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Terence Miller riding to raise money for RFDS

Terence completes the cycle

06 Aug 2021

“I had a massive, sudden, incredible pain in the back of my head. I knew that something had happened.”

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Cooper Basin Clinic

Bourke and Wills territory safe at last

06 Aug 2021

Where once there was nothing, the RFDS Cooper Basin Clinic now offers locals everything ‘from dental to mental’ health care

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COVID launch and Dubbo hangar

Outback vaccinations underway

06 Aug 2021

Government and outback communities placing trust in RFDS to quell pandemic

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Ange and son

On hand for baby Henry

06 Aug 2021

Ange MacAlpine’s young son had a serious illness, and needed to get skilled medical attention - fast

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Image of a family on the edge

From fireworks to farming

06 Aug 2021

Witnessing emergencies in remote places inspired Liz Hamilton to leave a Gift in her Will

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Outback Car Trek

Outback Car Trek changing lives in the outback

06 Aug 2021

After it was postponed last year due to COVID, this year’s trek hit the road with all cylinders firing and involved 203 people in 87 vehicles.

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sam bruce works on place apprentice engineer

From patient to RFDS apprentice engineer

06 Aug 2021

As a baby Sam Bruce was rushed to Brisbane, now he's on the other side of the spectrum, working as an apprentice for the RFDS (Queensland Section).

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dental

RFDS dental services expand into the Pilbara

05 Aug 2021

Newman and South Hedland residents now have access to local and quality dental services provided by the Flying Doctor in Western Australia.

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Topdrill

Resource sector digs deep for the Flying Doctor

03 Aug 2021

Western Australia's resource industry dug deep to support the Flying Doctor on the eve of Diggers and Dealers in Kalgoorlie at a sundowner event hosted by drilling specialists Topdrill.

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Base to Bush

Base to Bush kicks off for 2021

01 Aug 2021

After its inaugural year in 2020, Base to Bush is back to help keep Victorians active during winter.

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Flight Nurse Jacinta Jones helps outback patients

Drama in the outback

28 Jul 2021

From lost and injured station hands, to heart attacks and mid-air births, there is no such thing as a typical workday for RFDS (Queensland Section) Flight Nurse Jacinta Jones.

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