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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), commonly known as the Flying Doctor, is an air medical service in Australia.It is a non-profit organisation that provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.
During World War I, air transport was used to provide medical evacuation – either from frontline areas or the battlefield itself.. In 1928, in Australia, John Flynn founded the Flying Doctor Service (later the Royal Flying Doctor Service), to provide a wide range of medical services to civilians in remote areas; these included from routine consultations with travelling general practitioners ...
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Australian drama television series which centres on the lives of workers for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.Commissioned by the Seven Network and produced by Endemol Shine Australia, it began airing on 11 August 2021.
The Ohio State University Airport serves the university while offering general aviation services for the public. It is one of 30 airports owned by universities across the country, but it is one of only three owned by a Tier One research institution. [3] The airport is largely exempt from paying property taxes. [4]
The facility opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield, named for the nearby village of Lockbourne. [5] [6] Soon renamed the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps, it provided basic pilot training and military support; it also trained Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to fly B-17 bombers and glider pilots to fly the Waco CG-4A.
Flying Doctors may refer to: Royal Flying Doctor Service, an air medical service in Australia The Flying Doctors, an Australian television drama series; The Flying Doctor, a 1936 Australian-British film; Los Médicos Voladores, the flying doctors, based in Latin America; Flying Doctors of America; Flying Doctors of Malaysia
John Flynn OBE (25 November 1880 – 5 May 1951) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later separated into Frontier Services and the Presbyterian Inland Mission, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.
The airport is used by the NSW Air Ambulance Service, Royal Flying Doctor Service, LifeFlight, Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service, and community service flights such as Angel Flight and Little Wings. The airport was formerly served by 24 weekly services to Sydney operated by Rex Airlines which ended in June 2022.