RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service (2021)
Based in Australia’s red heart, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend. This series captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s vast centre where the doctors, nurses, pilots and support staff of the RFDS negotiate the unique challenges of emergency retrievals across some of the most inhospitable places in the country.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2023-08-15Staff shortages have the team working at their limits. Amidst the chaos of the White Cliffs rodeo, Pete is forced to act outside his scope of practice when faced with a multi-casualty car accident.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2023-08-22Pete discovers an emergency intervention he performed has had major repercussions, while the team are called to a retrieval where they are challenged with keeping a patient's explosive secret.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2023-08-29Dr Harrod's first day back on the job produces some awkward moments and Wayne finds something of Mira's that causes concern. The condition of a child with a suspected head injury becomes life threatening when a snake bite is discovered on his foot and the RFDS is asked to transport a prisoner.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2023-09-05Eliza is tasked with leading the review into the White Cliffs incident as the team are faced with a skydiving accident, a missing patient and an old friend who's suffered a dangerous fall.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2023-09-12Tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a contagious patient in stifling PPE, as Wayne's world is thrown upside down when a callout to a seizing patient takes a harrowing turn.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2023-09-19Wayne's grief surrounding a sudden death results in dire consequences for his own health and a race against the clock for the team to get to him, especially for a terrified Mira.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2023-09-26With Dolly Hardon's charity drag night underway, what is supposed to be a night of fun for the RFDS team and the community descends into chaos when a bad batch of MDMA is found to be doing the rounds.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2023-10-04Pete is forced to face his deepest fears, when he, Wayne, and the RFDS crew are all tasked to a catastrophic multi-casualty boat crash in some of the most challenging terrain they have faced.