Season 1
1986 | 26 Episodes
This series chronicles the events surrounding the activities of the Royal Flying Doctors Service, which operates its own aircraft--in this case from the base at Coopers Crossing, an otherwise hardly-notable town--to fly its medical staff throughout the Australian outback, where roads are too scarce and distances too immense to reach patients for medical care or get them to hospital by car in time. Doctors, nurses, pilots, and base staff change throughout the seasons, often coming from the city and finding difficulties adapting to life in the godforsaken countryside and being accepted by the isolated local community; there are, of course, the usual colleague stories. In most episodes they make one or more flights for routine medical examination sessions and/or emergency help, sometimes continued on board and/or in the hospital. Furthermore there are various sidelines, mainly concerning the local characters such as bar-owners Vic and Nancy, who also provide the only rooms, and some of their regulars, including local shopkeeper and busybody Violet Carnegie and arrogant richest businessman George Baxter who are very influential in the indispensable fund-raising.
Country: Australia
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1986
Also Known As: The Flying Doctors, Latający doktorzyDoktorn kan komma, Leger i luften, Die fliegenden Ärzte, De flyvende læger, Летающие доктора, Lentävät lääkärit, Médicos en vuelo | See more »
Production Co: Crawford Productions, Nine Network Australia
1986 | 26 Episodes
1987 | 24 Episodes
1988 | 26 Episodes
1988 | 24 Episodes
1989 | 26 Episodes
1990 | 20 Episodes
1990 | 20 Episodes
1991 | 26 Episodes
1991 | 29 Episodes
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