The Royal Flying Doctor Service entices girls with drone workshops to find the next generation of pilots.
"The RFDS is an organisation that is interested in diversity; they want to push it in their workforce," she said.
"It's something that captures the next generation as they're coming through and hopefully they might even think of working for the RFDS at some point in the future." "I hope they just see the opportunities that are available to them in the medical area and with the drones and what that means for their future, and how things will change and progress as they go along in life," she said.
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