The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, founded in 1928, was the first comprehensive aerial medical organisation in the world and today, 80 years later, continues to provide emergency and primary healthcare, as well as assistance with communication and education, to people who live, work and travel in regional and remote Australia. THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA is a record of this truly unique organisation that owes its success to men and women of extraordinary vision, ingenuity, daring and dedication.