Facts and Figures

RFDS (Western Operations) provides services to people requiring care throughout Western Australia. This State is the largest in Australia covering 2.5 million kilometres in total.

The vast majority of our patients that are transferred from remote and regional areas are taken to one of the teaching hospitals in the Perth metropolitan area.

Activity 2006/2007
Kilometres Flown by RFDS Aircraft	5,138,231
Hours Flown	16,674
Patients transferred	6,238
Clinics conducted	1,633
Kilometres flown by Charter aircraft	453,573
Telehealth (telephone/radio) calls	24,073

Last Updated: 21/08/2007