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The Best Episodes of RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 7 - Duty of Care
    9.3/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Duty of Care

    S3:E7

    The team attend a retrieval for a patient with Down syndrome, Mira questions her place in Wayne's world and a mediation attempt between Annya and Poppy takes a turn for the worse.

    Director:Ian Meadows
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  2. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 8 - Accountability
    9.2/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Accountability

    S3:E8

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    Director:Ian Meadows
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  3. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 5 - Blood
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #3 - Blood

    S3:E5

    On Christmas Eve, Wayne, Mira and Matty attend a jet ski accident on a remote island; a community fundraiser takes a dramatic turn; Pete opens up to Eliza.

    Director:Leticia Cáceres
    Writer:Julia Moriarty

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  4. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 6 - Step Potential
    8.9/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Step Potential

    S3:E6

    On New Year's Eve, Eliza, Pete and Ryan deal with a risky hot-air balloon retrieval; Wayne goes to his clinic's fundraiser; Matty and Chaya clash.

    Director:Leticia Cáceres
    Writer:Adrian Russell Wills

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  5. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 1 - Sieve & Sort
    8.8/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Sieve & Sort

    S3:E1

    One year on, a devastating bus crash brings the RFDS team together again.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  6. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 2 - Separation Anxiety
    8.8/10(27 votes)

    #6 - Separation Anxiety

    S3:E2

    In the wake of the crash, Eliza second-guesses herself; Pete and Wayne struggle to separate their personal grievances from the job at hand.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Kodie Bedford

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  7. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 3 - Source Control
    8.6/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Source Control

    S3:E3

    Eliza and Pete remain at odds as they work on an embarrassing case together; Wayne struggles to turn his professional switch off while looking after Kalthi.

    Director:Adrian Russell Wills
    Writer:Magda Wozniak

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  8. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 3 Episode 4 - Non Negative
    8.6/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Non Negative

    S3:E4

    Wayne, Pete and Mira attend to a critically ill baby; Eliza visits a patient requesting help with voluntary assisted dying.

    Director:Adrian Russell Wills
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  9. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #9 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.4/10(52 votes)

    #11 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.3/10(86 votes)

    #12 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  13. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.3/10(63 votes)

    #13 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.2/10(68 votes)

    #14 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.2/10(57 votes)

    #15 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    #16 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Adrian Russell Wills
    Writers:Ian Meadows, Jon Bell

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  17. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.1/10(72 votes)

    #17 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(85 votes)

    #18 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Adrian Russell Wills
    Writers:Ian Meadows, Adrian Russell Wills

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  19. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.9/10(99 votes)

    #19 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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  20. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #20 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Sims
    Writer:Claire Phillips

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  21. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.9/10(86 votes)

    #21 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Jeremy Sims
    Writer:Claire Phillips

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  22. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #22 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.8/10(77 votes)

    #23 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Claire Phillips

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  24. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.6/10(121 votes)

    #24 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Ian Meadows

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Best Episodes Summary

"Duty of Care" is the best rated episode of "RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service". It scored 9.3/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Ian Meadows and written by Ian Meadows, it aired on 11/12/2025. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Accountability".