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RFDS delivers four billion-dollar impact amid record demand
More detailsMeet Dr Pip
Dr Pip Baker grew up on a dairy farm in northern Victoria and graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide.
Splash of gratitude
With roads closed and the weather too dangerous to fly, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) battled delays before transferring Joseph.
Meet Dr Ben
In August 2025, the Royal Flying Doctor Service opened its first bricks-and-mortar GP clinic, the RFDS Goldfields Health Centre in Kalgoorlie. Dr Ben Banwait is the Medical Director and Business Manager.
A legacy of service
Few families embody the spirit of the Flying Doctor quite like the Winchcombs.
Special Delivery
Australia’s youngest surviving baby was born 4,000 kilometres from home – and the only way little Stevie could be flown back to Perth was by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Flight for recovery
Kickboxer Danial Williams has faced plenty of tough opponents in the ring, but he met his hardest adversary when he crashed his car into a towering Karri tree in the South West last year.
Your Flying Doctor 2026 Magazine has Landed!
In our latest edition, you’ll discover the role RFDS WA played in bringing Australia’s youngest surviving pre-term baby safely home from Queensland to Western Australia and read the remarkable story of a kickboxer who survived a devastating crash into a karri tree.
Telethon funding enables RFDS WA to purchase neonatal equipment
Thanks to generous funding from Telethon, Woodside Energy and the Western Australian community, critically ill newborns across the state will benefit from safer, faster and more standardised aeromedical transfers, with new neonatal equipment to be used across the RFDS WA fleet.
Board leadership transition for the RFDS in WA
Mr Rob Slocombe has been elected Chair of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Western Operations) to replace Mr Sam Walsh AO, who concludes his tenure as Chair after nine years of successful, voluntary service in April 2026.
The Team Behind RFDS WA Operations
Every day, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS) stands ready to respond 24/7, no matter how remote the call for help may be.
The RFDS welcomes funding for Geraldton base
The Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia (RFDS) welcomes the State Government’s confirmation of $7.5 million to fund the operation of a new RFDS base in Geraldton.
Gus' Story: Double trouble in the Wheatbelt
Just before Christmas last year, a fire tore through Clint and Erin McPherson’s farm at Gillingarra, south of Moora.
Stay safe this harvest season
For the past 97 years, the nurses, doctors and pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been no strangers to regional WA.
RFDS Goldfields Health Centre officially opens in Kalgoorlie
The RFDS Goldfields Health Centre supported by Northern Star Resources has officially opened at 158 Egan Street Kalgoorlie, delivering much needed general practitioner services to the Goldfields community.
A fortnight by the border for our Dental Team
The RFDS WA Dental Team travels far and wide across our state to support those in need of dental health care. Dental Assistant Molly McKenzie shares her experience on a recent trip to Warburton, near WA's border with South Australia.
