title: The Royal Flying Doctor Service. The South Australian operation (central section)--past and present.
abstract: The history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)--the South Australian operation--is traced from its humble beginning in 1955 as part of a group general practice in Port Augusta to an aero-medical service in South Australia and involving general practitioners, nurses and retrieval specialists (trauma, medical emergencies, neonatology and obstetrics).
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooter
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013021:South Australia