Rfds

Royal Flying Doctor Service

By dave.caldow

  • Inland Mission opening

    Inland Mission opening
    Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service in Cloncurry Queensland opened by Doctor John Flynn

  • Fabric bi-plane

    Fabric bi-plane
    The Fabric bi-plane (victory) which flew the the first Flying doctor mission from Cloncurry QLD 1928

  • pedal radio

    pedal radio
    The pedal radio was invented by Alfred Fraeger in 1929 for people in the outback to call the Flying Doctor Service

  • Aerial Medical

    Aerial Medical
    The service went national and because known as Aerial Medical

  • Flying Doctor Service

    Flying Doctor Service
    In 1942 it became Flying Doctor Service

  • Body Chart

    Body Chart
    The body chart was created by Sister Lucy Garlick in 1951 and it is still used today, it enables patients to describe the region and intensity of the pain or injury

  • School of The Air

    School of The Air
    School of The Air began using the RFDS radio network to link to children in remote areas to teachers

  • Distance Education

    Distance Education
    Renamed the school of Distance Education in the mid 1990s, this service no longer needs the RFDS radios

  • 77 Planes

    77 Planes
    In the year 2020 the RFDS had 77 planes