What is the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia?
Q: What is the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia?
A: The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) is a medical service in Australia that provides emergency and other health care to people living in rural and remote areas.
Q: When was it established?
A: The RFDS was the first flying medical service in the world, established over 90 years ago.
Q: Why do some communities not have access to hospitals or doctors?
A: Many farms, stations and outstations are located far from towns over rough trails, making them difficult to reach by traditional means. Therefore, these places do not have access to hospitals or doctors.
Q: How does the Flying Doctor Service provide medical care?
A: The Flying Doctor Service brings medical service to these remote locations by landing planes at any community with an airstrip.
Q: How many planes does it have?
A: It has a fleet of about 60 planes that fly from 21 bases located across Australia.
Q: Is the RFDS a for-profit organisation?
A: No, it is a not-for-profit organisation.
