Skydoctor
A Lifeline for the Outback Narrated by Michael Dean
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is as Australian as ' Waltzing Matilda' and kangaroos. Now in its 55th year. it continues to provide a ' mantle of safety' over the inland's two million square miles. The World About Us this week joins Dr Robert Liddell as he pilots his aircraft out of Jandakot base, near Perth.
Photography NIGEL MEAKIN Film editor JANE VAL BAKER Producer BOB SAUNDERS
Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS , PETER JONES