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By understanding these trends, we hope to further justify the need for point\u2010of\u2010care ultrasound training for clinicians working in rural and remote Australia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants included Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) patients aged 0\u201318\u00a0years (inclusive) who underwent an aeromedical retrieval for suspected appendicitis within Australia. Data were collected and coded on each patient\u2019s inflight working diagnosis, using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD\u201010\u2010AM) coding method. A combination of descriptive statistics and chi\u2010square analyses was used in data analysis, with significance considered at &lt;0.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 384 children with a working diagnosis of suspected appendicitis, including 191 (49.7%) males and 193 (50.3%) females, with 133 (34.6%) patients identifying as Aboriginal and\/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as Indigenous) Australians. The aeromedical retrievals were from rural and remote locations to inner\u2010regional or metropolitan hospitals, with an average distance flown of 339.0 (SD\u00a0=\u00a0206.4) kilometres. The RFDS most frequently retrieved for acute appendicitis (n\u00a0=\u00a0159; 41.4%), acute abdominal pain (n\u00a0=\u00a0127; 33.1%), and unspecified appendicitis (n\u00a0=\u00a084; 21.9%). There were non\u2010significant (P\u00a0=\u00a00.9) diagnostic differences between genders. Non\u2010Indigenous patients were overrepresented, compared with Indigenous patients, in relation to a transfer with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis (P\u00a0=\u00a0&lt;0.01), whereas Indigenous patients were overrepresented, compared with non\u2010Indigenous patients, in relation to transfers with diagnoses of acute abdomen pain and unspecified appendicitis (P\u00a0=\u00a0&lt;0.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>A significant number of paediatric patients are aeromedically retrieved from rural and remote locations with a diagnosis of appendicitis or acute abdominal pain. 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