Set in the mid-1960s, this book introduces Dr Mike Hazzard, who has accepted a two year posting with the Flying Doctor Service. He is greeted by flies, dust and a complete lack of privacy, a far cry from the civilised Sydney practice now two thousand miles behind him. Included in the deal is Joe, the accident-prone pilot who will take him to damsels in distress, post mortems half-way up a baobab tree or to treat - yet again - an Aborigine named Aspirin, a regular customer whose real health issue is perpetual hypochondria. There is also romance in the air with the lovely Megan Hoagan.