News
#129 From Boots to Scrubs - Chloe's Coo-ee to Country Girls
5th medical student Chloe Campbell is urging young rural women to consider a career in medicine
More detailsYour WA Flying Doctor Spring Magazine is out now!
Filled with incredible stories of courage and resilience from our crews and patients across Western Australia, you won't want to miss the latest edition of Your Flying Doctor Spring Magazine.
Flight Nurse reunited with baby born onboard aircraft
It was a reunion four years in the making. After giving birth to a little boy in the back of an RFDS aircraft in 2017, Lucy Westcott and her family were reunited with their Flight Nurse Timna Wright.
Prioritising health in rural Queensland
For 18 years, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Nurse Manager Jo Mahony has been a driving force in supporting rural communities through every high and low.
One Click Life partners with RFDS in Western Australia
Yet to do your tax? Australian financial services company One Click Life have partnered with the RFDS to give back to communities.
Coral Bay shark bite victim in safe hands of the RFDS
New South Wales boy Jackson Bartlett, 10, was snorkeling off Coral Bay in WA’s North West with his dad in June when he noticed a large shadow moving fast towards him.
WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service
Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.
Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying
For everyone in the region around Gregory, the RFDS is their general practitioner, their emergency response and their mental health support. So, when we needed an upgraded clinic, the local women stepped in to help.
Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.
RFDS calls for help to assist cardiac patients
Cardiac emergencies account for almost 25 per cent of all patients transported by the Flying Doctor. And keeping so many critically-ill patients safe in the air requires constant access to a vast and costly range of cardiac monitoring medical equipment and supplies.
The accidental psychologist
For some, working in healthcare is a lifelong dream. For Dr Tim Driscoll it was a happy accident, stumbling upon the profession while working abroad. Now Tim helps hundreds of Queenslanders improve their mental health each year.
Narrogin woman Ann McLeish steps up again for her Flying Doctor
The one and only Ann McLeish is back, walking 185km between Field Days from Dongara to Newdegate to raise vital funds and awareness of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia.
RFDS lands on Channel 7
Five years in the making, the new TV drama, RFDS, finally airs across Australia.
Real RFDS soars to new heights
The latest annual patient and aviation statistics reveal a total of 12,319 patients were flown to emergency or specialist care by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) in the 2020/21 financial year.
Give Them Wings scholarship 2021 winners announced
This year, RFDS Victoria awarded six Give Them Wings scholarships to very deserving rural health care students from across the state.
