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Easter safety tips from your Flying Doctor

16 Apr 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) is reminding Queenslanders to prioritise their safety ahead of the Easter long weekend.

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14 Nov 2020

Help babies like Zac this Christmas

It should have been the happiest day, but it turned into a nightmare for Shane, Jemma and baby Zac.

Baby Zac onboard an RFDS aircraft
11 Nov 2020

Bright idea puts safety first for Flying Doctor night landings

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) pilots have gone back to basics to ensure remote and private airstrips are adequately lit for night landings.

RFDS pilot Nick Tully
09 Nov 2020

Creativity supporting mental health and wellbeing

Inspired by her ancestors, wildlife and bush tucker, 15-year-old Wudarabin Snider from Cooktown has produced the winning design in an Indigenous Creative Art Competition staged by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS).

Wudarabin Snider's winning entry in an Indigenous Creative Art Competition staged by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section).
27 Oct 2020

Queensland Government signs new partnership with Royal Flying Doctor Service

The Queensland Government has secured world-class aeromedical care for Queenslanders through a new 10-year inter-hospital transfer partnership with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS).

RFDS (Queensland Section) secure new 10-year inter-hospital transfer partnership
23 Oct 2020

New RFDS pilots complete simulator training

Eight new Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) pilots, five of whom were displaced from commercial airlines during the pandemic, have now completed simulator training on the Sunshine Coast.

RFDS (Queensland Section) Pilot Mick Porfiri in the flight simulator
14 Oct 2020

Launch of face-to-face fundraising

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has this week launched its face-to-face fundraising campaign.

14 Oct 2020

The full reach of Flying Doctor care

For a pregnant, first time mother moving to remote north west Queensland, the importance of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) could not have been more evident for Ebony Robertson.

09 Oct 2020

Rio Tinto staff supported by the Flying Doctor

Mental health education is vitally important for those living and working in remote areas such as Far North Queensland.

Rio Tinto staff jumping with joy after mental health training in February.