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HCF extends support for the Flying Doctor

22 Oct 2026

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29 Dec 2021

Flying Doctor launches road patient transport service in SA

Did you know that your Flying Doctor has launched a road patient transport service to complement its longstanding aeromedical services across South Australia? Read more...

22 Nov 2021

Benevolent bears

Each year, Adelaide’s Pembroke School donates hand-stitched teddy bears, which help provide extra in-flight comfort to RFDS patients.

22 Nov 2021

A gift of a lifetime

Key Relationship Specialist Melanie Caruso helps individuals and families who are considering leaving a gift for the Flying Doctor in their will.

22 Nov 2021

World turned upside down

It's every parent's nightmare – arriving at an accident scene to discover one of your children unconscious. That’s exactly what happened to Karina.

22 Nov 2021

Odyssey's million dollar milestone

An outback car trek has crossed the monumental million-dollar mark in its fundraising efforts for the Flying Doctor.

22 Nov 2021

Flying Doctor set to build at Tennant Creek

The RFDS is set to build its first remote Patient Transfer Facility (PTF) in the Northern Territory after the successful establishment of a similar facility in Mount Gambier this year.

22 Nov 2021

Flying Doctor brings vaccines to the furthest corner

From Kangaroo Island to Kingoonya and the Nullarbor to Ngukurr - the Flying Doctor is reaching out to remote South Australians and Territorians to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

29 Oct 2021

Year in Review 2021

In 2020/21 your Flying Doctor posted another highly impactful year of service to its patients and rural and remote communites.

23 Oct 2021

Flying Doctor awarded top honour

RFDS Central Operations Rural Generalist Dr James Padley has been awarded 2021 Rural Registrar of the Year.

25 Sep 2021

Shirley's Sliding Door

"When her first cardiac arrest happened it was well and truly out of the blue.”

20 Aug 2021

Celebrating one year of RFDS Mount Gambier PTF

The RFDS joined SA's South-East community in July to mark the official launch and first anniversary of its first regional undercover Patient Transfer Facility.

29 Jun 2021

RFDS ‘rolls up’ for COVID-19 vaccinations in outback SA

RFDS clinicians have this week launched its COVID-19 vaccination program at 14 locations across outback South Australia.

23 Jun 2021

CLUB CABARET wows the crowds

The annual RFDS ‘Wings For Life’ Gala hosted in South Australia was the hottest ticket in town last Saturday, with 900 guests immersing themselves in the glitz and glamour of the 2021 theme – CLUB CABARET.

06 May 2021

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