The town of Alice Springs - is the main base of the famous Royal Service "Flying Doctor", which deals with medical care for people living in remote areas of Central Australia. Acquainted with the work life can be exciting during the tour, including the story of the "flying doctors", watching video and viewing a small museum. Around the headquarters of the service is divided pretty garden and built a small gift shop.

Royal Service "Flying Doctor" was created in 1928 by the Reverend John Flynn as an experiment titled "Aviation Medical Service" .  His idea was to ensure the safety of residents of remote communities, the internal parts of the continent through the establishment of hospitals .  During the first year of service has made 50 flights, flying about 20 thousand miles .  In 1939 the first flights of "flying doctors", providing both emergency medical care and therapy services throughout Central Australia, started from Alice Springs .  Until the 1960s, he took office rent planes hired by contract pilots and maintenance staff .  But then, with the help of the government, she began to buy everything you need in the property .  With the latest achievements of aviation, communications and medical technology service managed to create an entire network of health care for those living, working or traveling through the Australian outback vast territories . 

Today, the service has a base in Adelaide, Port Augusta and the Medical Center of Ayers Rock in the resort town of Yulara. Jurisdictional territory of "flying doctors" - is South Australia and the southern part of the Northern Territory, but flights are necessary, and within the state of Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. In total more than 2, 3 million km. sq. covered medical network. Without this unique service most of the remotest corners of the country would be uninhabitable.

Royal Service "Flying Doctor" - is the first and the world's largest aeromedical organization.