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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has been saving lives in regional, rural and remote communities for 98 years.

In addition to aeromedical retrievals, the RFDS also delivers essential primary and preventative healthcare services. Established in Queensland in 1928 by the Reverend John Flynn, the RFDS has grown to become the world’s largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisation. Today the RFDS delivers more than 370,000 episodes of patient care across Australia every year – equivalent to assisting someone every two minutes. In Queensland, the RFDS provides healthcare services over an area of 1.73 million square kilometres from nine strategically located bases in Cairns, Townsville, Mount Isa, Charleville, Longreach, Roma, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane. These services are delivered via a fleet of 20 medically equipped aeromedical aircraft. And with some of the world’s most highly trained and skilled aviation and medical staff, the RFDS is incredibly well positioned to uphold our promise to deliver the finest care to the furthest corner of the state.

14/10/2026

It’s official! We’ve made it to the halfway point.🎉

Together through the Oceans to Outback fitness and fundraising challenge, we’ve already raised over $3 million for the Flying Doctor. Thank you. ☺️

With only two weeks left, it’s time to lock in and smash those goals!

If you’d like to show your support for our dedicated participates, head to the Oceans to Outback website 👉 https://rfds.co/3Vpq7Wp

13/10/2026

This headspace Day, we're celebrating the introduction of our two new peer workers, Levi and Boadicea, at headspace Cairns. Read more 👉 https://rfds.co/4dAHOZu

Drawing on their own lived experiences, Levi and Boadicea work alongside our mental health clinicians to provide additional support to young people, helping them feel heard, understood and reassured that they are not alone in their journey.

This year’s headspace Day theme, do nothing*, is a powerful reminder that looking after your own mental health and wellbeing can start by slowing down, taking a break and having a conversation with some who gets it.

Welcome to the team Levi and Boadicea! And thank you for sharing your lived experiences to support others. 💚

12/10/2026

From red dirt airstrips to remote tropical islands, wherever care is needed, we’ll be there. ✈️🌴

This retrieval took our crew to a remote island in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, with a pilot, flight nurse, and medical officer on board, ready to provide critical care to a patient in need.

Shout out to RFDS Flight Nurse Dempsey for capturing the view from the cockpit!

09/10/2026

A huge thank you to the team at Nindigully Pub and everyone who supported this year’s Nindigully Pig Races. 💙

Year after year, the community comes together to raise vital funds that help ensure we can continue delivering essential healthcare to regional, rural and remote Queensland. This year, more than $127,000 was raised in support of the Flying Doctor. 🙌

We’re so grateful for your generosity and ongoing support.

06/10/2026

Looking after your mental health can start with something as simple as getting a good sleep. 💙

For Wellness Wednesday, RFDS Senior Mental Health Clinician Suzanne shares why prioritising sleep is important for our mental health and wellbeing.

This Queensland Mental Health Week, take a moment to check in with yourself and make rest a priority.

06/10/2026

115km run – all in the name of the Service that saved his son’s life.🏃💙

Over the weekend, Flynn Noon ran from Mitchell all the way to our RFDS Roma Base as part of the RFDS Oceans to Outback challenge to raise vital funds for the Flying Doctor who retrieved his son last year following a terrible accident. Read more 👉 https://rfds.co/4j5HIwD

As Flynn approached the finish line, he was greeted by the RFDS Pilot and Flight Nurse who were there for his family that day and by a large crowd of community supporters. It was a special moment that brought together the people behind the care and the community that helps make it possible.

A huge thank you to Flynn for his extraordinary effort and to all our Oceans to Outback participants who are helping ensure distance is never a barrier to life-saving care.

We gratefully acknowledge the generous funding support from Queensland Health to deliver essential inter-facility patient transfers.

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04/10/2026

Meaningful conversations that help people feel seen, heard and supported can make all the difference, especially in remote communities. 💙

This Queensland Mental Health Week, we're sharing a day in the life of one of our mental health clinicians as they provide care, connection, and strength to a remote Queensland community.

Together, we’re building strong communities which are one of the most powerful protective factors for mental health and wellbeing.

02/10/2026

Kicking off Queensland Mental Health Week the right way, with community, connection and wellbeing support. 🚶🤝

This weekend, more than 100 people are taking part in the 12th annual Conquer The Corrugations walk in Cape York Peninsula, covering 46 kilometres over two days.

We have been a proud supporter of the event since it began. Clinicians from our Far North Mental Health and Wellbeing Service wear their brightest colours, walking and talking with everyone along the way and offering a safe space for sharing and powerful healing conversations.

Every step is an opportunity to remember loved ones lost, connect with others who understand, catch up with old friends or make new connections.

Above all, it’s a reminder that no one has to walk alone, and that we are stronger when we ‘walk as one’. 💙

30/09/2026

The countdown is over! Today marks the start of our 2026 Oceans to Outback fitness and fundraising challenge. 🚶🏃‍♀️🚴‍♂️

It’s not too late to join. Every kilometre logged and every dollar raised helps support vital healthcare services for people living in regional, rural and remote communities. Register here 👉 https://rfds.co/3Vpq7Wp

A huge shout-out to those who have signed up and taken on this challenge. Your commitment to making a difference and helping ensure people in remote communities can access vital healthcare is truly inspiring!

30/09/2026

A first for our Aeromedical Training Academy! ✈️👏

This month, the Academy welcomed two new pilots from Queensland Government Air to undertake their B360 Type Rating training in our King Air full-flight simulator, with our own certified flight instructors delivering the training for the first time to an external client.

It’s an exciting milestone for the Academy and a great recognition of the expertise within our team.

We value our ongoing relationship with QGAir and are proud to play a role in developing and strengthening Australia’s pilot workforce.

Thank you to the Australian Government, QCoal Foundation, Bundaberg Regional Council and all our generous donors and supporters who made the Academy possible.

Address

12 Casuarina Street, Brisbane Airport
Brisbane, QLD
4007

Telephone

+61738601100

Website

https://linktr.ee/rfdsqld

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