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ON Wednesday 17 May, The Royal Flying Doctor Service celebrated its 95th Anniversary and Flying Doctor Day, commemorating its long-standing commitment to providing essential health care services and emergency aeromedical services to the Australian community.
Thanks to the vision of Reverend John Flynn, the first flight took place on May 17th, 1928, involving Dr. Kenyon St Vincent Welch and Pilot Arthur Affleck who took off in a single-engine De Haviland 50 bi-plane named Victory. This inaugural flight was the start of one of the world’s . . .
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