The Royal Flying Doctor Service

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (or RFDS) is one of the largest aeromedical organizations in the world. It provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in the rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. It is non-profit organization which provides health care to people who cannot access to it or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback. They can now take care of mental diseases and have few dentists for dental care. And they also use telehealth, a program which consists on skyping with the patients so the doctors can help them even if they are too far away.

They have a 20 hours per day service as the Outback consists of more than 690,000 people, living in this isolated area. And every two minutes they take someone else in charge. 292,523 people where helped only last year. But sadly, most of the death are children death, from which 36% are due to injuries. 

The Doctor Service also needs to face some problems such as under investment and helicopter or planes accidents. The first aircraft operated by the "Aerial Medical Service" in 1928 was a de Havilland DH.50 hired from the fledgling Queensland an Northern Territory Aerial Service. Now, the South Eastern Section operates 19 King Airs, the Queensland Section has 15 King Airs, the Western Operations has 14 PC-12s and a Hawker 800XP, and the Central Operations has a  fleet numbering 14 aircrafts.