ThisserieschroniclestheeventssurroundingtheactivitiesoftheRoyalFlyingDoctorsService,whichoperatesitsownaircraft-inthiscasefromthebaseatCoopersCrossing,anotherwisehardlynotabletown-toflyitsmedicalstaffthroughouttheAustralianoutback,whereroadsaretooscarceanddistancestooimmensetoreachpatientsformedicalcareorgetthemtohospitalbycarintime.Doctors,nurses,pilotsandbasestaffchangethroughouttheseasons,oftencomingfromthecityandfindingitdifficulttoadapttolifeinthegodforsakencountrysideandbeacceptedbytheisolatedlocalcommunity;thereareofcoursetheusualcolleaguestories.Inmostepisodestheymakeoneormoreflightsforroutinemedicalexaminationsessionsand/oremergencyhelp,sometimescontinuedonboardand/orinthehospital.Furthermoretherearevarioussidelines,mainlyconcerningthelocalcharacterssuchasbar-ownersVicandNancy,whoalsoprovidetheonlyrooms,andsomeoftheir…WrittenbyKGFVissers

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance….