Facts & Figures

The RFDS has more than 900 patient contacts daily

Below is a snapshot of the primary health and emergency care the RFDS has provided in the last year:

Total patient contacts through RFDS clinics, aeromedical transports, and telehealth consultations

Patients in rural and remote areas used our telehealth services

Nurse and GP clinics were conducted across Australia

Immunisations in remote, rural and regional settings

Face-to-face primary health consultations

Face-to-face mental health consultations

Fleet of aircraft

Flown the equivalent of 34 trips to the moon and back

Patients transported by an aeromedical aircraft

Aero bases

Healthcare service road vehicles

Health clinics conducted every day

Medical chests

Face-to-face dental services for oral health, emergency and restorative dental care

patients transported by road

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