Aust Fam Physician
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service. The South Australian operation (central section)--past and present.
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).
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Academic general practice in Australia is 21 years old. In coming of age it has had to endure a very obstructed labour into Australian medical schools. Departments of General Practice have changed for the better and are being staffed by a new generation of academics, many of whom may lack historical perspective of the development of academic general practice. This article provides this historical perspective.