The BEST episodes of RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

Every episode of RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service!

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 will capture 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. It’s also a story about community and people coming together to laugh, to cry and to triumph, in spite of the huge obstacles they face.

Last Updated: 11/19/2024Network: SevenStatus: Continuing
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7.93
29 votes

#1 - Episode 8

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/2023

Pete 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.

Directors: Jeremy Sims
Writer: Ian Meadows
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7.88
32 votes

#2 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/2021

Wayne's personal struggles spill over into his work when he is confronted by a suicidal patient and a frantic medevac to Adelaide.

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Episode 1
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7.86
43 votes

#3 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2021

When new senior medical officer Eliza Harrod's first retrieval with the RFDS turns problematic, her team will be left wondering whether or not she has what it takes.

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Episode 3
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7.85
34 votes

#4 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2021

When a seven-year-old boy goes missing in the outback, it's a race against time to find him as the RFDS is called to help his injured father.

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7.84
32 votes

#5 - Episode 7

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/26/2023

With 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.

Directors: Jeremy Sims
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7.81
37 votes

#6 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2021

In the midst of a massive dust storm, the RFDS face a harrowing retrieval when a patient takes a critical turn, mid-air, and the team struggle to keep him alive.

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Episode 2
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7.74
43 votes

#7 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2021

Eliza questions her decision to come out to Australia, as Pete's simmering resentment towards her comes to a head during a tense mid-air birth.

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7.71
31 votes

#8 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/12/2023

Tensions 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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7.71
31 votes

#9 - Episode 6

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/2023

Wayne'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.

Writer: Ian Meadows
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7.69
35 votes

#10 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/2023

Pete 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.

Directors: Jeremy Sims
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Episode 5
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7.68
34 votes

#11 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2021

When a remote bush retrieval turns violent, the RFDS are caught in the crosshairs but still have to race the light and get all patients in the air before the plane becomes grounded for the night.

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7.67
30 votes

#12 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/2021

As the RFDS fundraising ball gets underway, Pete is overnighted at a remote clinic where the seemingly straightforward case of a boy with a concussion turns into a potentially fatal situation.

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Episode 1
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7.67
33 votes

#13 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/15/2023

Staff 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.

Directors: Jeremy Sims
Writer: Ian Meadows
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7.66
29 votes

#14 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/15/2021

When a catastrophic explosion at an underground mine creates a mass-casualty incident, the RFDS are called to save the lives of two brothers caught in the blast.

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7.59
29 votes

#15 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2023

Eliza 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.

Directors: Rachel Ward
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7.52
31 votes

#16 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/2023

Dr 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.

Directors: Rachel Ward
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