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Aust Fam Physician. 1997 Jan;26(1):58-61.
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).