The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Australia is available to anyone who lives, works, or travels in rural and remote Australia. While its primary mission is to serve the roughly 7 million Australians residing in isolated areas where traditional hospital access is limited, the service is not restricted by citizenship or residency status; if a tourist or traveler in the Australian Outback suffers a medical emergency, they are eligible for the same lifesaving care. The RFDS provides a wide spectrum of services, ranging from 24-hour aeromedical emergency evacuations for accidents and heart attacks to primary healthcare services like fly-in fly-out GP clinics, dental care, and mental health support. They also handle non-emergency patient transfers, such as moving an elderly patient from a remote town to a city specialist. The service is largely funded by the Australian government and public donations, ensuring that essential healthcare is a right for anyone within its 7.69 million square kilometer "waiting room," regardless of how remote their location may be.