19 PC-12 and 2 PC-24. By 2021, the RFDS had received their 4 Pilatus PC-24 jets, replacing their Hawker 800XP jet. They are based at Jandakot Airport and Broome in WA and Adelaide SA. The PC-24 can fit 3 stretcher beds and 4 doctors. The aircraft can cruise at and halves the time of flight compared to the existing propeller driven fleet. The PC-24 can also operate out of paved and unpaved runways. Medical retrieval equipment The RFDS uses a wide range of contemporary emergency medical equipment to provide aeromedical retrieval services. These include transport ventilators, critical care monitors, infusion devices, point-of-care testing, portable diagnostic ultrasound and a range of other splints and devices. Statistics According to the RFDS of Australia 2015/16 Annual Report the service owns 67 aircraft, and operates 23 bases with 1,225 employees. Each day, on average, the service: travels 73,554 kilometres by air performs 211 landings has 800 patient contacts (includes patients at clinics, patient transports and telehealth) transports 177 patients (includes primary evacuations, inter-hospital transfer, transports from clinics, repatriations and road transports by Victoria Mobile Patient Care Service) conducts 254 telehealth sessions. School of the Air The School of the Air, which links outback students with centralised teachers, until recently used the same radio equipment as the RFDS. This has been superseded with the availability of internet services. Notable people Notable people associated with the RFDS include: Arthur Affleck, first pilot/doctor Marie Bashir, former NSW Governor, official patron Clyde Fenton, first doctor in the Northern Territory, also a pilot John Flynn, founder Wylie Gibbs, doctor Macarthur Job, pilot Robin Miller, nurse/pilot, "The Sugarbird Lady" John Grieve Woods, doctor Cultural references The RFDS was the subject of the TV drama series The Flying Doctors. The series followed the lives of an RFDS crew based in a fictional township called "Coopers Crossing" (set in the real-life town of Minyip in north-western rural Victoria) and the members of the local population that they served. RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Australian drama television series which centres around the lives of workers for the Royal Flying Doctors Service. It commenced airing on the Seven Network in 2021. In the 1950s the RFDS featured in a BBC Radio series The Flying Doctor, which became well known for the catchphrase "Flying Doctor calling Wollumboola Base". A television show of the same title based on this radio series and starring Richard