The Flying Doctors join Rescue at the scene of a major accident with multiple casualties. Vic and Nancy Buckley, recently retired and travelling by caravan, are among the wounded.
Called out to Minnie's Well to attend to Leanne after she is assaulted by her boyfriend, Dr. Blitho is forced to perform a risky procedure on the kitchen table before she can be flown back to base.
A child is rushed to hospital after his father found him unconscious in a dam. The parents must then face the difficult reality that their son's prognosis for a meaningful recovery is not good.
Dr. Blitho's reputation and own words come back to haunt him when he is hit with a malpractice lawsuit by grieving parents who accuse him of refusing to treat their son.
When Ted is unable to find a suitable landing spot, Sissy breaks regulations by performing a risky parachute jump to an inaccessible homestead allowing her to save a young woman's life.
Dr. Blitho begins his new job as the Acting Medical Superintendent in charge of the hospital. His first task is to look into Blades' background in an effort to get him out of the hospital and into a youth refuge.
Jim and Dennis are called out to attend a two car accident with multiple traumas (and one fatality) unaware that one of those involved is Jim's son, Jesse.
Rebecca's relationship with Dr Blitho is put to the test after she takes the heat for his cutbacks. Sissy welcomes the arrival of her friend, a photojournalist from an English magazine who has come to do a story on the hospital.
When a pregnant girl takes extreme measures to terminate her pregnancy, she suffers severe brain damage leaving Sissy in a fight with the girl's mother about the fate of the unborn child.
