When new senior medical officer Eliza Harrod's first retrieval with the RFDS turns problematic, her team will be left wondering whether or not she has what it takes.

Eliza questions her decision to come out to Australia, as Pete's simmering resentment towards her comes to a head during a tense mid-air birth.

When a remote bush retrieval turns violent, the RFDS are caught in the crosshairs but still have to race the light and get all patients in the air before the plane becomes grounded for the night.

Wayne's personal struggles spill over into his work when he is confronted by a suicidal patient and a frantic medevac to Adelaide.

As the RFDS fundraising ball gets underway, Pete is overnighted at a remote clinic where the seemingly straightforward case of a boy with a concussion turns into a potentially fatal situation.