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5 unusual facts about Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia


De Havilland Fox Moth

QANTAS used Fox Moths to replace de Havilland DH.50s on the Flying Doctor Service.

Division of Flynn

It was named after John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

"Oh, my Gawd," Drake says in horror, "I've hit The Flying Doctor!"

Snake Tales

The initial group of characters featured: The Old Timer, an elderly bloke with a long thirst and a reluctance to shout for beers; The Con Man; The Kangaroo, who constantly avoids being killed for food; the Flyin' Doc; and The Last Lost Tribesman and his Wife, who are determined to stay lost.

Wylie Gibbs

He was a doctor with the Royal Flying Doctor Service 1947-48 and was a house surgeon in London, England, 1949-51.


Innamincka, South Australia

In 1928 the Australian Inland Mission (a part of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia) built a hospital here, the Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home.


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