Date: 18 Nov 2003
Time: 11:34
On 1st January 2004, the Royla Flying Doctor Service of Australia will provide an aerial ambulance service in New South Wales (Broken Hill), Australia. According to the terms of a contract award, made on 25 July 2003, the service will include the provision of a suitably equipped fixed wing aircraft and flight crew to provide a 24- hour aeromedical retrieval and patient transport facility.
The contract, worth an estimated A$19,810,055, will run for seven years and was awarded by Australia’s Department of Health and Human Services.