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Lynda Murphy has been working as a registered nurse for almost 35 years.  She has spent a large part of her nursing career working in intensive care and emergency departments, along with stints in London and Africa.  It was her time in A

65 year-old Maggie McKenna has worked as a Registered Nurse for the past 30 years at The Canberra Hospital.

After working as a self-employed GP for 35 years, 61 year-old Dr Virgil Pierini from the Mornington Peninsula retired but wanted to continue his medical work in some way.

Based in Toowoomba, Queensland, 58 year-old General Practitioner Dr Tony Ferris readily agreed to undertake a RAHC placement in Lajamanu, a community 550 kilometres south west of Katherine.

When Taygan McDowell was offered a RAHC placement in Ramingining in the Northern Territory, she didn’t even know where it was.

Darwin based General Practitioner Dr Tanya Davies had previously worked as a locum in remote and rural communities around Australia.  But after three years in the city, Dr Davies decided to give RAHC a call and get back to the bush.

Sandra Stephenson is a Dental Assistant from Torquay in Victoria. Sandra has undertaken three RAHC placements including one where she visited a number of remote communities in East Arnhem Land.