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Date Published: 07 Feb 2012
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The Victorian RFDS Education Program "Look Up in the Sky" is available to Schools - register now.
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Date Published: 05 Dec 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Pilot Captain Matt Cosier is right at home flying over Australia’s outback in the cockpit of a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) ‘flying intensive care unit’.
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Date Published: 06 Feb 2012
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The Flight4Life team have set off on an exciting expedition to set a new Paramotor Distance World Record and raise money for the RFDS.
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Date Published: 28 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The visit by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark to the Broken Hill Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Base on Friday (November 25) was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the RFDS right across the globe
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Date Published: 04 Oct 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
On Monday 3rd of October, the six farmers from The Farmer Wants a Wife, traded the farm for a chance to win $1 million for the charity of their choice on Channel Nine's Millionaire Hot Seat special.
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Date Published: 06 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
A portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton, commissioned by The Australian Women's Weekly to celebrate the royal wedding on April 29 was auctioned for $14,209. It was painted by celebrated South Australian artist, Robert Hannaford.
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Date Published: 03 Jun 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The Australian Women's Weekly is auctioning a portrait of Kate Middleton by award-winning Australian painter Robert Hannaford, with all proceeds going to the RFDS.
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Date Published: 20 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The gesture to dress Prince William with wool donated by over 200 Australian woolgrowers is to benefit a unique Australian charity: the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
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Date Published: 31 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The Outback Hero rose has been launched this week, raising funds for the RFDS.
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Date Published: 30 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have nominated the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) as one of only three non-United Kingdom charities to benefit from a gift fund established for the upcoming Royal wedding.
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Date Published: 14 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Greg Rochford as its new National Chief Executive Officer.
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Date Published: 02 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Last month a 10-person delegation from the Russian Government Departments of Health and Transportation visited the RFDS to gain an insight into our operations and structures. The visit was facilitated by Austrade and the Australian Embassy in Moscow.
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Date Published: 16 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
The RFDS maintains its commitment to HF radio monitoring and that service will continue despite of changes in two states.
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Date Published: 20 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
'Casual 4A Cause' is a TNT Express national initiative. As part of TNT Express 'Casual 4A Cause', employees at the Head Office in Mascot, Sydney wore their casual clothes in exchange for a gold coin donation for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Date Published: 23 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Win your own Qantas Socceroos charity edition of Monopoly. Qantas and the Socceroos have teamed up in celebration of the World Cup and have created a charity edition of Monopoly with a percentage of the sales going to the RFDS.
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Date Published: 17 May 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Australian Suzuki VStrom riders have rallied together and raised a donation for the RFDS nationwide.
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Date Published: 12 May 2010
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Get your kicks this season with the first ever Qantas Socceroos Monopoly.
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Date Published: 14 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS - Nationwide
Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service has made history with the purchase and launch of its first emergency medical jet service – and seriously ill or injured patients in regional areas have already benefitted from its fast service and extra capacit
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Date Published: 11 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Leave the big smoke behind and experience the true beauty of the Flinders Ranges - and a champagne sunset to remember - at next year's RFDS Wilpena Under the Stars.
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Date Published: 25 Oct 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Are you looking for something to entertain the whole family this weekend? Head along to Port Augusta Airport on Saturday, 29 October, where the Aero Club and Royal Flying Doctor Service will open their doors to the public for an Open Day.
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Date Published: 09 Sep 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
A length of ‘Wool fit for a Prince’ sold for a record $9000 to a South East farmer at the Royal Adelaide Show today, with proceeds donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Prince William’s request.
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Date Published: 07 Sep 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The second-to-last length of ‘Wool fit for a Prince’ will be auctioned before the general public at the Royal Adelaide Show on Friday, with proceeds to benefit the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 07 Sep 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Adelaide’s Iris Irving has driven away in a brand new Toyota Kluger by purchasing the winning ticket in the inaugural Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Lottery.
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Date Published: 06 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Legendary Outback postman mailman Esmond Gerald (Tom) Kruse MBE has died in Adelaide, aged 96.
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Date Published: 19 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
A new health research partnership between the RFDS and UniSA to focus on primary healthcare and service provision, health promotion and chronic disease management in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
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Date Published: 19 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The extraordinary volunteer service of Barry Lodge OAM to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) was recognised recently in Adelaide when his name was stencilled to the port side of the new $6 million aircraft, Foxtrot-Victor-Foxtrot (VH-FVF).
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Date Published: 19 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is asking all South Australians to give a gold coin on April 29 and wear the RFDS badge with pride knowing they are helping to keep ‘Flying Doctor’ crews in the sky.
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Date Published: 11 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Spirit of Adventure is pumping as a group of mates aim to cross 3000 kilometres of hostile desert from Adelaide to Darwin on a kalamazoo – a heritage hand-powered railcar – to shake up the record books and raise vital funds for the Royal Flying D
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Date Published: 29 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
In its 25th year the gruelling Simpson Desert Bike Challenge (SDBC) will again partner with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) as the official charity as competitors push themselves to the limits of human endurance.
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Date Published: 22 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
His first encounter with an aircraft sent Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) pilot Nathan Tasker, on a career trajectory that sees him now flying over the South Australian and Northern Territory outback.
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Date Published: 22 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The official opening of a new $3.1 million Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Aeromedical Base in Alice Springs is a major investment towards providing health care excellence for Central Australian communities.
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Date Published: 07 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The rain fled as 650 people danced the night away at the annual Wilpena Under the Stars black tie dinner while raising more than $80,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
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Date Published: 04 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Thousands of Australians can tell the story
of a life-saving flight with the Royal Flying
Doctor Service (RFDS)
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Date Published: 25 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Flight Nurse David Carpenter is off to work for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs after completing his Mid Wife training, care of a $10,000 scholarship provided by SA nursing agency Health Management & Nursing Services (HMNS).
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Date Published: 18 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) and the Uniting Church will this week celebrate the centenary of the ordination of the Reverend John Flynn, the founder of the RFDS and the first Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission.
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Date Published: 04 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The RFDS Rural Women’s GP Service joined forces with the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health in September to bring together some of Australia’s leading women’s health experts.
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Date Published: 20 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The exceptional service of former Port Augusta ‘Flying Doctors’, Dr John Mickan AM, Dr Robert Cooter AM and the Late Dr John Thompson OAM, has been recognised by naming a new $6 million aircraft after them.
More than 150 people applauded when the
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Date Published: 13 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Clipsal 500 Adelaide racegoers can get their tickets early and help the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) along the way by purchasing their 2011 event tickets before Christmas.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Graham Gunn has been appointed to the Board of RFDS Central Operations.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The familiar faces of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) are the pilots, doctors and nurses who operate at the frontline, evacuating patients and attending to the medical needs of rural and urban Australians.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service’s (RFDS) Dr Alistair Miller has been anointed a true outback hero by a new book about people who’ve dedicated their lives to improving the lives of those living in some of Australia’s most remote areas.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
On a crisp, fresh Sunday morning in September, more than 200 supporters, staff and patients donned Team RFDS shirts to ‘fly’ the flag – and raise funds – in this year’s City-Bay Fun Run Adelaide.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Once again, the wonderfully dedicated and hardworking members that make up our 25 RFDS Auxiliaries & Support Groups have continued to raise the bar and set new fundraising records.
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
PortPort Augusta’s Vanessa Boully has been awarded Life Membership of Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Central Operations – only the twelfth person to be recognised with the honour – at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting in October.
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Date Published: 23 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Wilpena Under the Stars tickets go on sale 29 November 2010.
Escape the everyday hustle and bustle and experience the true beauty of the Flinders Ranges at next year’s RFDS Wilpena Under the Stars on Saturday, 19 February 2011.
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Date Published: 04 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The nation’s largest diversified mining company, BHP Billiton, has re-affirmed its commitment to the South Australian community with a $900,000 grant to Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Central Operations (SA/NT).
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Date Published: 27 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
In its first three months of service to the community, the latest recruit to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) aircraft fleet in South Australia has transported 272 patients from throughout South Australia, including the aeromedical transfer of
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Date Published: 19 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
I went to bed with no idea that in the hours to come my parents would face what every parent fears – a verdict from a doctor on whether their child was going to live or die.
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Date Published: 03 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The fifth of five bronze busts of 95-year-old Birdsville Track mailman EG (Tom) Kruse MBE will be unveiled by Ted Eagan AO at the National Road Transport (NRT) Hall of Fame in Alice Springs on Sunday, 29 August 2010.
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Date Published: 31 May 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) turned 82 on Saturday 15 May, and celebrated in style at its Wings for Life ‘Birthday’ Ball and major annual city fundraiser at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
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Date Published: 28 May 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
When Kenny regained consciousness at 5.30am, he was shocked to find himself pinned beneath a bus – the bus that just moments before had been carrying him and 16-fellow passengers along a remote Northern Territory highway to Darwin.
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Date Published: 28 May 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
If you live in a big city you can take for granted the hospitals and world-class physicians at your finger tips; in fact, many of us would not have given it a second thought.
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Date Published: 27 May 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The late Dr John Thompson OAM MBBS C&B KStJ will be remembered as a pioneer of rural medicine and the first ‘Flying Doctor’ in South Australia.
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Date Published: 27 May 2010
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) said goodbye to an inspiring lady who is a true legend and veteran of the Service when Dawn Ruby Prior OAM, aged 84, passed away on 6 April 2010 in Alice Springs.
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Date Published: 04 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The August 7 announcement that Variety, the children’s charity had made a $600,000 grant to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), was a golden day for the children of South Australia.
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Date Published: 04 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Central Operations
Aussie adventurer Russell Worthington has completed his ultimate physical challenge – to ride a mountain bike through the 10 deserts of inland Australia – in aid of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
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Date Published: 04 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Central Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is investing in its future by offering scholarships to Registered Nurses who have a desire and passion to work for the Service but do not have one of its mandatory qualifications, most commonly midwifery.
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Date Published: 04 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Central Operations
There is certainly no shortage of local knowledge, experience and diversity of specialist medical skills among the ranks of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in northern South Australia thanks to the decades of combined service by Doctors Thomas
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Date Published: 06 Dec 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
RFDS (Qld Section) visitors centre to be established at Stockman's Hall of Fame.
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Date Published: 29 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Fundraisers in the 2011 Spirit of Queensland Awards were acknowledged by the RFDS at a gala ball held in Brisbane with the 2011 Winners being announced to the 200 plus guests.
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Date Published: 05 Sep 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Join us to recognise the amazing efforts of the Spirit of Queensland Awards finalists!
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Date Published: 16 Aug 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The highly successful Community Capacity Building and Training Project project has recently finished training its second group of participants in a Certificate IV in Community Development, with elective topics focussing on mental health, suicide prev
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Date Published: 24 Jun 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
At 9am today, the Wings of Life team set off from Archerfield Airfield to begin their epic 24 day trip around Australia to raise funds for the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 26 May 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS has been announced as the Official Event Charity for the Cairns Airport Adventure Festival by event organisers USM Events.
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Date Published: 17 May 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
RFDS nurse and Florence Nightingale Medal recipient, Noela Davies
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Date Published: 13 May 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Xstrata Mount Isa Mines today committed $2 million to the Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section.
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Date Published: 30 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Energy’s customers have shown outstanding generosity having donated $5 million to the RFDS through their power bills.
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Date Published: 25 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS is calling all doctors, nurses or paramedics either currently working within the Aeromedical environment or looking to gain an insight into this unique speciality to join the next STAR Program course
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Date Published: 18 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS Cairns Base is preparing to roll out the red carpet to Prince William.
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Date Published: 10 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Last night the RFDS Cairns Base evacuated a man from Weipa to Cairns for further medical treatment at the Cairns Base Hospital following a crocodile attack.
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Date Published: 04 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS has been running ‘Protective Behaviours’ and ‘Bodies and Relationships’ education programs for the past three years in areas including Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw and Coen.
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Date Published: 25 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Kate Phillips works for the RFDS Longreach Base as an Art Therapist. Here we speak with Kate about what it is like to work for the RFDS in Longreach and how Art Therapy can help people achieve personal growth.
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Date Published: 11 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Without the RFDS I would not be here today, they enabled me to receive life saving treatment not available at home in Rockhampton.
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Date Published: 10 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS continues to come to the aid of cyclone-affected Queenslanders by deploying primary health care and mental health teams in Tully Heads, Cardwell, Mission Beach, Innisfail, and Babinda, as well as Cairns.
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Date Published: 02 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Queensland Section worked through the night to help transfer some of the most critical patients from Cairns to Brisbane.
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Date Published: 01 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section is responding to Queensland Health's call to evacuate Cairns hospitals by utilising multiple aeromedically fitted aircraft to transport the most critical patients.
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Date Published: 21 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
There is no finer example of community support than the dedication and commitment of our auxiliary volunteers who, month after month, year after year, work tirelessly to raise funds for the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 19 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
You can have fun organising fundraising events and activities in your local communities and build personal and professional development skills.
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Date Published: 11 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS in Queensland has been working around the clock to assist those in flood ravaged areas.
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Date Published: 23 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Every year, hundreds of people organise and participate in community events to raise funds to support the RFDS. Each dollar raised goes towards the purchase of aircraft and lifesaving medical equipment.
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Date Published: 10 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The prevention of illness and injury is a key focus for the RFDS. One of the ways we tackle this issue is by coordinating health promotion programs.
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Date Published: 10 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Just six weeks after my husband Denis and I moved from Wollongong to Cairns, I found myself in need of the RFDS.
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Date Published: 10 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Bridge named after Auntie Linda Link, mother of Johnathan Link, Senior Indigenous Mental Health Professional.
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Date Published: 10 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
RFDS farewells one of Australia’s most respected surgeons and past president of the RFDS Board of Directors.
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Date Published: 24 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Mount Isa Base Senior Medical Officer Doctor Don Bowley has been named Queensland’s Local Hero in the 2011 Australian of the Year Awards held last night
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Date Published: 24 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
BCI Ride West 1000, a cycling challenge of 1,200 kilometers over ten days has raised over $140,000 for the RFDS.
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Date Published: 24 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Past patient and staff member, Kirstie Broadfield, talks about her RFDS evacuation
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Date Published: 11 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
QCoal signs on as new principal sponsor for Queensland's RFDS.
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Date Published: 11 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
A tribute to long term employee and voice of the RFDS, Mary Grogan.
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Date Published: 11 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Providing child and family health services to rural and remote Queensland communities
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Date Published: 11 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Mona works for the RFDS Mount Isa Base in a Community Liaison and Development.
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Date Published: 07 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Captain Peter Brooke celebrates 25 years of service to the RFDS
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Date Published: 07 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
RFDS Rockhampton Base celebrates 15 years of service to the people of Queensland
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Date Published: 18 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
RFDS announced beneficiaries of 13th Annual Townsville Sunrise Rotary Raffle
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Date Published: 27 May 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The RFDS would like to thank the Thargomindah Auxiliary for raising $20,000.
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Date Published: 13 May 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
For the Sargood family of South Hampton Downs, the RFDS is considered a family friend. Since 1998, the RFDS has been there to support seven family members for a range of medical situations, from pregnancy complications requiring transfers through to
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Date Published: 07 May 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
To raise funds for the RFDS and to commemorate the centenary of powered flight, Qantas pilot Owen Zupp has traded in his normal 747 jet to fly around Australia in his pupose built Jabiru J230 light aircraft.
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Date Published: 07 May 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Cyclists in the BCI Ride West 1000 departed from the Amberley RAAF Base at 7.25 this morning to raise funds for the RFDS
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Date Published: 15 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland section) was pleased to be this year’s nominated charity for the annual Parker & Partners Politzer Prize, with a cheque for $5000 presented to CEO Nino Di Marco on Friday February 12, 2010.
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Date Published: 04 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
Queensland fundraisers recognised and rewarded at Gala Presentation Ball.
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Date Published: 15 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Queensland Section
The Queensland Government has awarded the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland section) a contract for additional patient flying time above their existing arrangements along the state’s east coast.
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Date Published: 02 Feb 2012
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
After more than a decade as the General Manager of Health Services for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section, Dr Anne Wakatama hands over the reins to Professor Jeanette Ward this week.
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Date Published: 12 Jan 2012
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
A Dubbo dentist is taking World’s coldest and toughest ultra-marathon for the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 28 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The visit by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark to the Broken Hill Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Base on Friday (November 25) was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the RFDS right across the globe
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Date Published: 25 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Today HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark visits the RFDS Broken Hill Base as part of her Royal Tour and will announce the appointment of the new McGrath Elders Breast Care Nurse and commencement of the service.
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Date Published: 18 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, will visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) at Broken Hill, to recognise its vital work in providing healthcare to the region’s most remote areas.
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Date Published: 07 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
It might be approaching its 75th birthday, but aviation and medical statistics from the South Eastern Section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) showed the organisation is still in rude health after another year-on-year improvement in service
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
A collision with a stray sheep on Mount Jack station, in far western New South Wales, left station manager Michael Gruber with a badly broken leg and no way of calling for help.
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Tasmanian born Stan Griffiths has been a pilot since 1974, flying aeromedical operations
for the past 26 years.
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Motorbikes are a must in Outback Australia. They’re often the only way graziers can rescue stranded stock, reach broken fences and access flood gates to check for damage.
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales and patron of the RFDS SE Section, made a passionate appeal for increased medical services for people in remote areas when she spoke at the official opening of the refurbished Dubbo
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The lack of dental services in Central Western New South Wales means people have to drive hundreds of kilometres to reach the nearest dentist.
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
This remote spot high in the north eastern corner of South Australia is semi-arid pastoral country, home to around 14,000 cattle and historically associated with the ill fated Burke and Wills expedition of the early 1860s.
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Date Published: 13 Oct 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The RFDS SE Section Christmas Gift Catalogue is now available online.
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Date Published: 13 Sep 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
At 62 most men start thinking about putting their feet up; but not Dubbo dental prosthetist Peter Muller. On 4 Feb, 2012 he will be in the rugged Yukon region of Canada competing in the Yukon Artic Ultra Marathon, which involves running 100 miles (16
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Date Published: 20 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The re-opening of the refurbished Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) base in Dubbo on Saturday, 16 July was attended by hundreds of supporters from Dubbo and the surrounding region, and marked the start of a new era for RFDS operations in Central Wes
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Date Published: 05 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
He’s ridden 21,000km around Australia on a motorbike and travelled 16,000km on an ATV Quad bike and now 70 year-old adventurer, Ken Tuckey, has taken to the road again to raise money for various charities including The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RF
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Date Published: 05 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has benefitted by almost $20,000 courtesy of the Australian Wool Network (AWN) and its trading division Dyson Jones in Western Australia who offered seven bales across the three selling venues (Sydney, Melbourne
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Date Published: 01 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Newcastle resident Peter Smith was involved in a dramatic rescue while on holiday with his wife in a distant part of Western Australia.
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Date Published: 01 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
RFDS Tasmania has a new simulator to improve training and reduce costs.
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Date Published: 01 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Mum Aimee Hough’s worst fears were confirmed when her three year old son Aaron came running into their house in Tibooburra, screaming. ‘It bit me mummy, it bit me!’ Her little boy was shaking, the tears running down his face.
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Date Published: 01 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Locals disagree on how many people live in – or under - the mining town of White Cliffs. Estimates range from 70 in summer to almost twice that in winter. They all agree on one thing though. The Flying Doctor is an essential part of their lives.
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Date Published: 28 Jun 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
It's been three years since Jane McGraths passing and her dream is taking flight, with the 67th McGrath Breast Care Nurse position literally taking to the skies with the Royal Flying Doctor Service to support Australian families experiencing breast c
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Date Published: 20 Jun 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Board of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section is met in Dubbo recently toinspect the completed works on the RFDS base, ahead of its official re-opening, in late July (date TBA).
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Date Published: 31 May 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Flying Doctor visits the small town of Yunta once a month and locals have no other access to healthcare.
We spoke to some of the people who rely on the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 31 May 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Prince William and his new bride have continued a long tradition of Royal support by nominating the Royal Flying Doctor Service as the only Australian charity to benefit from a fund set up in lieu of wedding gifts.
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Date Published: 31 May 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
When Christian Roth suffered a severe asthma attack he needed the urgent help of an experienced flight nurse.
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Date Published: 31 May 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Joy Mawson a regular at Flying Doctor AGM meetings and a committed and wonderful supporter, was mourned by many when she died last year.
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Date Published: 29 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Early next month Jeremy Rowsell (39) and Jim Hazelton (79), both qualified pilots, will attempt to fly around the world in the record-breaking footsteps of pioneering aviators such as Amelia Earhart, Nancy Bird-Walton, C.W.A Scott and Charles Kingsfo
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Date Published: 29 Mar 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section has expressed its sincere condolences to the family of the late Dr Lynne Dowd, who, it was reported today, was killed in a tragic accident in South Africa last Thursday, 24 March.
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Date Published: 09 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The whole community got involved when Rod Missen came off his motorbike near Innamincka in northern NSW
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Date Published: 09 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Flight nurse Michelle Vegter was on a routine transfer that turned into a fight to save her patient’s life.
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Date Published: 09 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
In very remote areas there are no doctors and no nurses. The most basic health facilities can be hundreds of kilometers away. That’s why Flying Doctor clinics are such a vital part of the local community.
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Date Published: 09 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Winsome Walkley was as sunny and cheerful as her name suggests. Born and raised in Broken Hill in the early 1900’s she moved to Adelaide in 1964. It was a far cry from the heat and dust of the Outback, but Winsome never forgot her roots. When she die
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Date Published: 01 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Residents of six outback towns and stations will this week have their skin treated by visiting dermatologist, Dr Tony White AM, as he conducts clinics with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Date Published: 27 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Long-standing RFDS fundraiser June Files has been awarded an OAM in the Australia Day honours.
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Date Published: 24 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Imagine you're a doctor in the far flung reaches of eastern Africa, and you're performing medical procedures without adequate equipment, or sterilisation, or running water.
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Date Published: 11 Jan 2011
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
While some of us were winding down over the festive season the propellers of the Royal Flying Doctor Service aircraft kept up a cracking pace transporting 79 patients across NSW and Tasmania.
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Date Published: 21 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Medtronic Australasia is helping the Flying Doctor improve care for patients with diabetes in remote parts of Western NSW.
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Date Published: 09 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Five year old Sam Stone wants to thank the Flying Doctor for giving him the best Christmas present ever – the safe arrival of his twin brothers, Ben and Alex.
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Date Published: 19 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
RFDS pilot, Capt Shane Brook, and flight nurse, Brendon Kiley, played an important role in the search and rescue of a 38 year old Adelaide man when he became stranded in the SA outback.
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Date Published: 19 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
There’s no such thing as a typical day for the Flying Doctor. Here’s what happened when Dubbo flight nurse, Kerry Lee Hassan, was called to Cobar with pilot Craig Nethery.
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Date Published: 19 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Staff at the Dubbo Base are thrilled with the new Medical Centre that opened for business in early July.
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Date Published: 19 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
On Good Friday last year Dianne Butler received a call that changed her life.
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Date Published: 17 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
We’re excited to announce that RTS Imaging is donating $5 per order (for orders over $100) to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. RTS Imaging sell original and replacement toner cartridges at wholesale prices for printers and faxes and expect to raise o
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Date Published: 28 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Farmer, author, pilot and quadriplegic Sam Bailey presented the key note address at the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section’s AGM at Parliament House today.
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Date Published: 19 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
When Emma Ashton and her husband Peter moved to a remote property in South Australia
two years ago the first thing they did was teach their children how to call the Flying Doctor.
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Date Published: 19 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Julie and Justin McClure and their four children live on a remote sheep station on the Darling River,
360 kilometres from Broken Hill.
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Date Published: 19 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Have you ever wondered what happens to older aircraft? As these pictures show, if they’re still serviceable we refurbish them.
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Date Published: 19 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
First time mum Callie Browning had to call
on the RFDS when her son Liam was born
suffering from acrocyanosis and oxygen
desaturation.
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Date Published: 14 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Make a bid for Harry Hart's Sydney Opera House painting, courtesy of the Sun Herald, with all proceeds to the RFDS!
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Date Published: 23 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has played an integral role in the search and rescue of a 38 year old Adelaide man this week, after he became bogged in the South Australian outback while attempting to travel from Adelaide to Cairns.
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Date Published: 05 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Central West woolgrower and former Mayor of Gilgandra Max Zell has launched a unique fundraising campaign for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Date Published: 12 May 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
When Jim Stevens suffered a heart attack during a routine examination, quick thinking RFDS doctors administered life-saving drugs to stop it.
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Date Published: 11 May 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Farmer Terrence McInerney suffered serious injury when he fell off his motorbike.
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Date Published: 05 May 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
A serious motorbike accident while he was on holiday almost cost Tony Bennett his life.
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Date Published: 06 Apr 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Join us as we throw open the hanger doors to three of our RFDS bases in May.
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Date Published: 05 Apr 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
A worried young mum almost loses her baby in the small town of White Cliffs.
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Date Published: 05 Apr 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Erika Turner teaches high school in Cobar, a busy outback town of 6,000, eight hours north-west of Sydney.
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Date Published: 28 Mar 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today flew into Broken Hill for a tour of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) base and local health facilities.
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Date Published: 12 Mar 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Medtronic Australasia have already shown a great deal of support for the Flying Doctor in recent times, with a pledge of $40,000 including the installation of new lights at Packsaddle airstrip in far western NSW.
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Date Published: 26 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Sydney’s rugby stars have joined forces with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) for the charity’s annual rugby fundraising dinner in April.
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Date Published: 19 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
A new sealed airstrip unveiled at Collarenebri this week will make responding to medical emergencies much easier for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
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Date Published: 03 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
According to a report in The Australian newspaper last year Aboriginal children start off with better natural eyesight than non-indigenous children but by the time they reach adulthood they are six times more likely to be blind.
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Date Published: 03 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
It’s not often we get called on to airlift one of our own, but that’s exactly what happened when RFDS Board Director David Honner suffered a near fatal chainsaw accident on his property near Dubbo.
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Date Published: 13 Jan 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section is disappointed to learn that the Victorian Government has not awarded the Victorian Air Ambulance contract to the RFDS.
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Date Published: 08 Jan 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
While Santa kindly brought rain to the many drought affected areas across the South Eastern Section for Christmas, he didn't bring a welcome break for the hardworking staff of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Date Published: 05 Jan 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Last October, on a day when the mercury topped 38
degrees, players took to the crease for the thirtieth Cooper Cup Cricket match.
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Date Published: 01 Jan 2010
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Australia Day – a day to celebrate the best things about being an Australian: lamingtons, thongs, hills hoists, kangaroos, and of course, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
The RFDS was founded over 80 years ago, and has grown to become an
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Date Published: 04 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Book now for an exclusive outback tour for Royal Flying Doctor Service supporters and friends.
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Date Published: 01 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section is pleased with today’s announcement that it has been awarded the tender for Air Ambulance services in NSW.
Today’s announcement by NSW Minister for Health Carmel Tebbutt will ensure tha
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Date Published: 06 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Flying Doctor has strengthened its partnership with Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in Broken Hill, helping to tackle the chronic diseases that affect the health of so many Aboriginal and non Aboriginal people in remote areas.
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Date Published: 06 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Young mum Michelle Dowsett feels exceptionally fortunate to be alive and very grateful to both the NSW ambulance service and the RFDS for saving her life.
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Date Published: 06 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Jake Williams loves a challenge. The Sydney based schoolboy has already received the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, he became a Young Endeavour in 2008 and earlier this year, when he was just 17, he embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. He rode a pos
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Date Published: 15 Oct 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Members of the Flying Doctor Society will have received a copy of the combined Annual Report/Honour Roll with this issue of the Flyer, showing strong growth for the RFDS South Eastern Section and a healthy surplus, all of which will be ploughed back
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Date Published: 07 Oct 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Royal Flying Doctor Service hosted a men’s health night recently in White Cliffs, a tiny opal mining community in far western New South Wales where most locals live underground because of the intense heat.
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Date Published: 18 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
June Files and her band of merry cyclists set off from Yunta on 26 July with two goals in mind. Firstly to complete a 955 km bike ride across the South Australian Outback and secondly to raise enough funds to buy the Flying Doctor a brand new incubat
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Date Published: 18 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
With only one doctor in town on the day three year old William Madden suffered a major epileptic fit, his mum Joan felt desperately worried. “William has suffered fits before, but nothing as serious as this. We called for an ambulance and they tried
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Date Published: 28 Aug 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
The Hungerford Rodeo and Field Day is a popular annual event, regularly attracting crowds of several hundred people. Last October, local builder Thomas Saunders was among them.
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Date Published: 28 Aug 2009
Section - RFDS South Eastern Section
Our two new counsellors, based in Broken Hill, are gradually making headway with clients in remote areas, gaining the trust of people living in rural communities where independence is the norm.
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Date Published: 21 Oct 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has received a generous $50,000 donation from the Fortescue Metals Group this week.
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Date Published: 11 Aug 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Farmer Wants a Wife bachelors from season five and six of the hit series are showing their support for the RFDS by attending this year’s Flying Doctor Ball on Saturday 27 August at the Hyatt in Perth.
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Date Published: 05 Jul 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Major trauma patients in remote Western Australia significantly increase their chances of survival if they receive early medical intervention and retrieval by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, according to a new research study.
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Date Published: 15 Jun 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The RFDS in Western Australia made a mercy dash from Perth to Melbourne this afternoon, flying under a drifting volcanic ash cloud, to get a 3 month old baby suffering a serious heart condition to specialist cardiac surgery available in only two majo
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Date Published: 27 May 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service and Bankwest have joined forces to raise funds for the RFDS in Western Australia.
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Date Published: 23 May 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Red Card for Rabbits & Foxes program has raised more than $50,000 for the RFDS since 2008.
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Date Published: 04 May 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Without the collaboration of health services throughout WA, Savanna Addis might not be the picture of health she is today.
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Date Published: 03 May 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Mt Keith Nickelwest employees recently donated more than $42,000 to the RFDS
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Date Published: 27 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The RFDS (Western Operations) has announced the appointment of Grahame Marshall as its chief executive officer, commencing June 2011.
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Date Published: 21 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Given today’s tragic start to the Easter holiday break, this could be the busiest – and possibly the most grim – Easter on record for the RFDS, according to CEO Tim Shackleton.
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Date Published: 05 Apr 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The RFDS recently formalised a long standing partnership with the Country Housing Authority (CHA) to fund the purchase of housing for doctors, nurses and pilots working at our regional bases.
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Date Published: 11 Feb 2011
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS flight nurse Steven Curnin is taking part in an international study tour to learn of new innovations in disaster management.
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Date Published: 21 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The new Kununurra patient transfer facility was officially opened on December 14.
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Date Published: 16 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The RFDS Rio Tinto Life Flight Jet transferred two survivors from the Christmas Island disaster to hospital.
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Date Published: 14 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Two RFDS aircraft landed on the road in a remote part of the Pilbara region after a car rollover that killed two people and seriously injured four.
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Date Published: 02 Dec 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
WorkPac Newman recently donated $28,000 to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) after a series of fundraising events in Newman.
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Date Published: 03 Nov 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
IGA has continued their support for the RFDS with another donation as part of their Community Chest program.
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Date Published: 17 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Rio Tinto Life Flight jet celebrated one year of operation today
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Date Published: 11 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS flight nurse Kim Jacobs has won at the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.
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Date Published: 07 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS line pilot Paul Newman has reached 20,000 flying hours, the latest achievement in an impressive 41 year career.
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Date Published: 05 Oct 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The 'RFDS on the road' program visited school chidren at Tjuntjunjarra recently.
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Date Published: 26 Sep 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
A tiny premature baby was flown to Brisbane for life saving heart surgery today by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
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Date Published: 29 Aug 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
A volunteer fire and rescue service captain who has raised almost $10,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in the last year alone was one of the people recognised at the inaugural presentation of the Chevron-RFDS Spirit of the West Awards on Satur
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Date Published: 14 Jul 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Experienced pilot injured in a light aircraft crash in a remote part of WA’s Goldfields region.
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Date Published: 17 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Red Card for Rabbits and the Red Fox program is a way for rural communities to work together for maximum impact.
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Date Published: 04 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The official opening of the new Muchea Livestock Centre was followed by a charity auction with proceeds going to the Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Date Published: 03 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
TWENTY-one-years ago a determined group of volunteers got together to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Members of the Busselton RFDS volunteer fundraising committee met this month to celebrate the milestone over lunch.
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Date Published: 02 Jun 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
A tale of adventure and piracy has inspired a retired Western Australian Physiotherapist to re-enact a trek through bush and along beaches, to Albany.
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Date Published: 03 May 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS exhibition at State Library of WA opened at cocktail party hosted by Rio Tinto
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Date Published: 29 Apr 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
5% Donation to RFDS on all sales of PolyCom used in airstrip maintenance or rebuilding.
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Date Published: 09 Apr 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
A German tourist who was bitten on the foot by a brown snake has been treated by RFDS.
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Date Published: 31 Mar 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
A Senior doctor at the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Meekatharra base has won a prestigious award for her work in Remote and Clinically Challenging Medicine.
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Date Published: 23 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS Doctors and nurses were onboard rescue vessels to help swimmers during the race.
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Date Published: 10 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Two aircraft pick up four men with burns after a pipe containing sulphuric acid burst at a chemical plant at Australind.
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Date Published: 09 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
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This stunning calendar features photography of RFDS in action around Australia.
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Date Published: 04 Feb 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Royal Flying Doctor Service Rio Tinto Life Flight jet in the air
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Date Published: 04 Jan 2010
Section - RFDS Western Operations
RFDS Rio Tinto Life Flight jet flies to Port Hedland in bid to save man's hands
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Date Published: 17 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service will be sending its Rio Tinto Life Flight jet and a medical crew from Perth to evacuate a badly injured patient from Kununurra, after Tropical Cyclone Laurence forced the RFDS Derby base into lock down.
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Date Published: 14 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Busy Weekend for RFDS Jet
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Date Published: 09 Dec 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Royal Flying Doctor Service called offshore after Seaman injured
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Date Published: 26 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service reaped the benefits of its new Rio Tinto Life Flight jet last night, saving about 17 hours of travel time and using one RFDS doctor and nurse crew instead of three.
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Date Published: 10 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
“It was early in the morning and a Big Red male kangaroo came pelting down the dry creek bed towards me. He stopped and reared up onto his hind legs.”
‘RFDS on the road’ nurse Helen Collinson adds, “But then I saw that he was wearing a collar. I
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Date Published: 04 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has flown two women and two children to hospital in Perth with serious injuries after a traffic crash in Port Hedland.
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
There are grave fears for 23 people missing after their boat sank hundreds of nautical miles off the Cocos Islands
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Date Published: 02 Nov 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Rio Tinto Life Flight Jet has flown from Perth to the Cocos Islands, and is currently conducting aerial searches for passengers who went missing after their boat sank in the ocean.
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Date Published: 14 Oct 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service has made history by launching its first emergency medical jet service – and seriously ill or injured patients in regional areas will be the main beneficiaries.
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Date Published: 29 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Maroomba Airlines in Perth has been awarded the contract to provide jet-related services for the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s new Rio Tinto Life Flight emergency medical jet, due to be launched next month.
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Date Published: 20 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
In keeping with the traditions of the RFDS, which was founded by the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the aircraft dedication – blessing of the aircraft to keep them safe and protected - will be conducted by the Reverend. Stuart Bonnington, Superintenden
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Date Published: 08 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
Student nurse Samantha McCormack has faced some unique challenges during her work placement with the ‘RFDS on the road’ Primary Health Care Program in the Pilbara.
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Date Published: 01 Sep 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Australia is pleased to announce the launch of its electronic Health for Remote Australia (eHRA) project. The eHRA project introduces a new Electronic Medical Record to the RFDS’s primary care services
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Date Published: 31 Jul 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The loss by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of a Victorian State Government contract for the air ambulance service in that State will have no impact on the operations of the RFDS in Western Australia or its contracts with the WA Government.
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Date Published: 08 Jun 2009
Section - RFDS Western Operations
The efforts of employees from one of Australia’s largest gold companies Lihir Gold Limited (LGL) will make a big difference to patients who use the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia.