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Message from our CEO about the fuel shortages in NSW

26 Mar 2026

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02 Aug 2022

Music fans at Mundi Mundi Bash give generously to RFDS

More than $80,000 raised to benefit our outback communities

02 Aug 2022

Dedicated new Regional Services Managers to bring the finest care to the furthest corner

Flying Doctor congratulates Mark Whitfeld and Jackie Hanniver to the roles of Regional Services Managers

02 Aug 2022

The RFDS Victoria Board met scholarship recipients in Mildura

With travel restrictions making a face-to-face meeting impossible last year, RFDS Victoria arranged a long overdue afternoon tea with its 2021 Give Them wings scholarship recipients.

01 Aug 2022

Handy guide will help our pilots land safely

Aviation safety is of the utmost importance at the RFDS.

01 Aug 2022

Dental Health Week: Make your smile a priority

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is reminding Queenslanders about the importance of oral health for overall wellbeing.

29 Jul 2022

How the RFDS saved a life and changed a career

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Their newborn baby is desperately ill and the critical medical care they need is hundreds of miles away. Cue the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

27 Jul 2022

Flying Doctor Community Transport Expands to Numurkah

Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria and NCN Health are pleased to announce a new partnership.

26 Jul 2022

Message from RFDSSE President Professor David Lyle

It is a great honour for me to write this first message to you as President of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) (RFDSSE).

26 Jul 2022

Flying Angels get Garry to life-saving surgery

In a critical condition after major surgery, Garry needed a pacemaker urgently and the Flying Doctor were able to get him to hospital in time.

21 Jul 2022

Following in her father’s footsteps

Western Queenslander Liane Spencer has a lifelong connection with The Flying Doctor, working as the Charleville Base Manager, metres away from the hangar that her father serviced RFDS aircrafts for more than 30 years.

18 Jul 2022

Give Them Wings scholarship recipients for 2022 announced

This year, the Flying Doctor was able to award five scholarships to five dedicated an deserving health care students from rural Victoria.

15 Jul 2022

22 years and $17m of support for life-saving services

Ergon Energy Retail and its customers have raised more than $17 million for the RFDS in Queensland over the past 22 years.

13 Jul 2022

Going above and beyond for the RFDS

Devonport husband and wife team Robert and Caren van Norden are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime as the first Tasmanians to enter the Royal Flying Doctor Service fundraiser – the Outback Air Race.

08 Jul 2022

WA Flying Doctor appoints Dwayne Mallard as first Indigenous board member

The WA Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) proudly welcomed our newest board member Dwayne Mallard to our Jandakot base during NAIDOC Week.

07 Jul 2022

NAIDOC Week 2022

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! is the theme this NAIDOC Week (3-10 July) and Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Recognised Mental Health Counsellor Joseph Oui is encouraging everyone to do just that.