The city of Alice springs is the main base of the famous Royal service "Flying doctor", which deals with medical care of people living in remote areas of Central Australia. To learn about the work of the service during the tour, including the story of "the flying doctors", watching videos and inspection of a small Museum. Around the headquarters of the service laid out a beautiful garden and built a small gift shop.

Royal Flying doctor" was created in 1928 by Reverend John Flynn as a experiment called "air ambulance Service". His idea was to ensure the safety of residents of remote communities in the inner parts of the continent through the establishment of hospitals. For the first year of operation the service has made 50 flights, flying about 20 thousand miles. In 1939, the first flight of the "flying doctors", as providing urgent medical care and therapeutic services throughout Central Australia, was launched from Alice springs. Until the 1960s, the service was leased aircraft, hired by contract pilots and staff. But later with the help of the government, she began to purchase all of the property. With the latest advancements, aviation, communications and medical technology service managed to create a network of health centres for those living, working or travelling in the vast territory of the Australian Outback.

Today the service has bases in Adelaide, Port Augusta and the medical centre Ayers rock resort in the town of Winton. Subordinate territory "flying doctors" is the state of South Australia and the southern part of the state of Northern Territory, but need flights are available to and within the States of Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. Just over 2, 3 million sq. km is covered by health net. Without this unique service is a big part of the remote corners of the country would be uninhabitable.

Royal Flying doctor" is the first and the world's largest aviation medical organization.