The Royal Flying Doctor Service was founded in 1928 and is the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisation in Australia. Since its inception, the RFDS has applied the latest technology to deliver health services to the challenging environment of remote Australia, overcoming the tyranny of distance and the barriers of communication. Through the use of flight and other transport means, the utilisation of telephone, radio, satellite and web based communication technologies and the provision of high quality health services the RFDS strives to improve the health and wellbeing of those who live, work and travel in regional, rural and remote
