ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE

RFDS Hangar at Port Hedland International Airport

My friend Andi showed me round the RFDS Base at Port Hedland
RFDS shares a building with School of the Air.
School of the Air provides materials and facilities for teaching children in remote areas - essentially home schooling at remote stations and national parks.
http://www.porthedlandsota.wa.edu.au/ 

RFDS has a base in Port Hedland - with 5 doctors and 6 nurses 6 pilots and 2 planes - Pilatus PC-12.
RDFS in Western Australia has five bases and 14 planes - most of which will be flying daily.
Patients may be flown from smaller centres or clinics to Port Hedland or transferred from Port Hedland or other centres to Perth - depending on the problem or the gravity of the situation. A round trip from Port Hedland to Perth including hospital pickup and transfer will take about 8 hours.
http://www.rfds.info/pdf/DoctorInfoPackWeb2004.pdf 
http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/aviation/our-aircraft/OA-WO/

Pilatus can take 2 patients, nurse and doctor - and the pilot.

I have done some work with the RFDS from Launceston, Tasmania and have visited the base in Charleville, QLD, and seen the wonderful museum display at Longreach, QLD.