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Health
By Danielle Lancaster

Lanterns replace toilet rolls in emergency night retrievals for the Royal Flying Doctor Service

For pilot Nick Tully, navigating tricky landings in some of the most remote parts of Australia comes with the territory.

But racing against time to retrieve a very sick patient in the dead of night adds pressure to the job he loves when the airstrip must be manually lit up so he can land and take off safely.

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