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100 1 $aMarsh, Bill,$d1950-.
245 14$aThe complete book of Australian Flying Doctor stories /$cBill 'Swampy' Marsh.
250 $aCombined ed.
260 $aSydney :$bABC Books,$c2013.
300 $a801 p. ;$c20 cm.
500 $aThis is a combined edition of Bill Marche's previous books : Great Australian Flying Doctor stories, 1999. More Australian Flying Doctor stories, 2007 and New Australian Flying Doctor stories, 2010.
505 0 $aGreat Australian Flying Doctor stories -- More Australian Flying Doctor stories -- New Australian Flying Doctor stories.
520 $aThe Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. The Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian. The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories is a fascinating, moving and often hilarious collection of true stories about the life in the Australian Outback. Hear of those whose very lives depend on the Royal Flying Doctor Service, like the man suffering from extreme burns who rode his motorbike eighteen kilometres back across his property to get help while opening and closing every gate along the way because you 'always leave gates as you find them'. Out here, stoicism and a sense of humour go hand in hand, as in the case of the stockman with a compound leg fracture who, when asked by the Flying Doctor if it hurt, replied, 'Oh, it itches a bit.' Through fog, lightning, thunder, flooding rains and dust storms, the Flying Doctor braves the elements to get to the remote outback landing strips where they're needed Ưand the tales they live to tell will have you shaking your head in amazement.
520 $aRoyal Flying Doctors.
520 $aAustralian Stories.
520 $aMedical.
650 0$aCountry life$zAustralia$vAnecdotes.
650 0$aAeronautics in medicine$zAustralia.
651 0$aAustralia$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aMarsh, Bill,$d1950-$tGreat Australian Flying Doctor stories.
700 1 $aMarsh, Bill,$d1950-$tMore Australian Flying Doctor stories.
700 1 $aMarsh, Bill,$d1950-$tNew Australian Flying Doctor stories.