Royal Flying Doctor Service

The Royal Flying Doctor Service, established in 1928, provides emergency medical care to people living and working in Australia’s remote areas; the service operates, in part, through subsidies by the federal, state, and territorial governments. Some Outback Aboriginal communities continue to endure poor living conditions that are…

…outback air base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. For a time during World War II, the Charleville airfield was a storage and maintenance site for U.S. bombers used in the Allied Pacific campaign. Pop. (2006) urban centre, 3,278; (2011) urban centre, 3,318.

…founded what later became the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.

…of what is now the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia began operating at Cloncurry, Queensland, under Dr. K. St. Vincent Welch. An Adelaide electrical engineer, A.H. Traeger, developed a low-powered, portable, pedal-driven, Morse radio transmitter-receiver with a range of 300 miles. This transceiver, with the use of airplanes, made…

…is the site of a Royal Flying Doctor Service base and the first regular School of the Air (public education by radio for outback children). The town is also a base for mining in the region. Pop. (2006) local government area, 1,137; (2011) local government area, 1,377.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides medical assistance to people in the Outback, and correspondence schools of the air instruct pupils using two-way radio equipment and television.

…the state headquarters of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air. Pop. (2006) 13,874; (2011) 13,985.

…regions are served by the Royal Flying Doctor Service and by aerial ambulances. The remaining challenge is to improve the poor health, hygiene, and housing conditions that exist in many Aboriginal communities.