Medivac

Dr. Harry Edwards is forced by the hospital's board of directors to appoint new arrival Dr. Red Buchanan as his successor for the Head of Bethlehem West's emergency department—despite Harry having promised the job to his Deputy Director, Dr. Julia McAlpine. Wayne makes a failed pass at Julia, describing to her the dreams he has had about the two of them together. Wayne and Bree are sent into the Glasshouse Mountains on a medivac to rescue an injured hiker. Tensions resurface between former colleagues Arch and Red now that the two are once again working together. Offended at being passed over for the Directorship, Julia hands in her resignation.

An accident at a theme park marks Red's first day as Bethlehem West's new Director of Emergency Services. Julia's decision to remove and injured girl from an ambulance in favour of a more seriously injured person has tragic consequences when the distraught father of the injured girl attempts to drive his daughter to the hospital himself. Oopy's decision to aggressively treat a cancer-stricken ex-wrestler upsets Gosia. After arguing with Red over the diagnosis of a patient, Wayne approaches Julia to tell her that she has his support. Red talks Julie into staying on with the promise that the department will be hers once he leaves.

A 58-year-old woman acting as a surrogate mother for her daughter-in-law and deceased son is admitted to the ER with complications. After apparently recovering, she is taken home by her insistent daughter-in-law only to be brought back in the next day, at which time she dies following an otherwise successful emergency cesarean delivery. While being transported to the hospital on a medivac flight, a patient jumps from the helicopter, landing in the river, and Arch follows the man out the door. Finding a patient collapsed in the parking lot, Macy performs an emergency tracheotomy to save the man's life. Oopy objects to Macy's actions and files a grievance to cover up his own misdiagnosis of the patient. Harry smugly announces to Red and Julia that he has become the new Chief Executive Officer of Bethlehem West

A mysterious outbreak causes panic in the emergency department. Oopy's complaint against Macy results in Harry formally charging her with ""breech of official duties"" in connection with her parking lot tracheotomy. Red's famous wife, Jane ""Colonel Doom"" Buchanan, breezes through town between international relief missions. Red approaches Wayne to tell him that his personality may not be best suited to a career in emergency medicine. On a medivac with Dr. McAlpine, Marina helps an accident victim come to terms with his circumstances when it becomes clear that his leg must be amputated in order to save his life

A terminally ill cancer patient, brought in by medivac after crash landing his glider, has his controversial last request granted and is quietly euthanised by one of the nursing staff during the night. Incensed over the ""murder"" of his patient, Wayne wants to call in the police but Harry, not wanting to draw further attention to the incident, prevents the matter from going any further. Macy is found guilty of exceeding her duties and is given a two week suspension for performing the tracheotomy in the hospital's parking lot. Arch loses the lucky drumsticks that were given to him as a child by his violin teacher.

Arch tests to become a fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine but winds up running out of his evaluation with his test patient when the man arrests in the middle of the examination. Finding her grandmother collapsed on the kitchen floor, a six-year-old girl directs the staff to her grandmother's house over the telephone. When the elderly woman dies, Macy takes the young girl home until her vacationing parents can be contacted.

An old flame from Arch's past provides Harry with legal advice regarding a doctor who knowingly exposed a patient to a fatal virus for the sake of performing a ground breaking trans-species organ transplant. Finally achieving the directorship that has eluded her, Julia asks Arch to accept the vacant position of Deputy Director—he refuses and then supports Wayne's bid for the job.

Danny Haywood, a man previously treated by Julia for severe depression (episode 8) is brought into the department under a police escort for treatment after going on a shooting rampage at a crowded public swimming pool. The grief stricken father of one of his victims accidentally shoots Peter while attempting to locate the gunman in the ER.

Gosia's abusive exhusband from Alice Springs shows up in the hospital looking for her. Repeat medivac flights to a farm lead doctors to suspect that the workers are intentionally electrocuting themselves in an attempt to cure their illnesses. Arch passes his fellowship exam and reluctantly accepts the Deputy Directorship. Wayne rebels against the practice of wearing helmets while on medivacs.

Bree and Gosia discover that Oopy is moonlighting at a private cosmetic surgery institute, Olympia's Secret, when a medivac returns with one of the institute's former patients who is now suffering from complications arising from her surgery. With the help of Peter, and his newly acquired pilot's license, Bree and Gosia take to the air to notify the institute's patients of the possible dangers associated with unnecessary cosmetic surgery. One of Arch's first official actions as the hospital's new Deputy Director results in a funding dispute between two charities

Harry is confronted by an old war buddy and his decision to tell the press about an off-duty killing they were involved in during their time in Vietnam. Instead, to clear their consciences, they personally fund the airlift of a New Guinean boy to the hospital for medical treatment. Julia and Gosia risk their lives to rescue the victim of a shark attack. Marina informs Julia about Oopy's other job.

After her rescue from the forest, a young school teacher tells of her abduction and subsequent impregnation by aliens. A skeptical Wayne believes her trauma is somehow related to her husband's recent death while Bree, unsure what to believe, just wants her to receive the help that she obviously needs. Soon after releasing the woman from hospital, Wayne and Arch are called out again to assist her after an apparent second abduction and are surprised to discover that she is no longer pregnant

Sean's best friend is diagnosed with a progressive nerve disorder and lapses into a coma. Julia passes over Gosia for the new Nurse Manager and instead appoints the unpopular Eric Frost to the position. A professor of Jewish studies overdoses on his housekeeper's pills trying to induce vomiting after eating pork. His asthmatic housekeeper is then brought in after having run out of her medication. Evie and Sean end their relationship.

With growing opposition to Eric Frost as Nurse Manager, Julia reluctantly gives way and suggests to Gosia that the job could be hers if she could find a way to get Eric to leave on his own. Gosia springs in to action and Eric soon announces that he is quitting so that he can accept a ""better"" job at another hospital. Marina and Stella's medivac is used to smuggle drugs into the country.

Stella's brother comes into the ER suffering from a gunshot wound and, with assistance from Gosia and Arch, Stella tries to treat him covertly. When Julia discovers what is going on, she demands Stella inform the police. Stella places her career in jeopardy by refusing to turn in her brother but a good word on her behalf to Julia by Arch keeps her from losing her job. Stella and Marina disagree about the morality of putting a fourteen-year-old patient on the pill. Julia invites Tom to the track to watch her horse, Fine Young Hero, run. Evie is accepted into Pre-med

Sean brings in Ernie, a homeless man whose illness is exacerbated by his heavy drinking. A woman, brought to the hospital via medivac after her husband attacked her with a shovel, instigates a frantic search when she cuts off her finger in order to remove her wedding ring. While looking through old patient records for information on Ernie, Sean learns of Tom's illness

Ernie is readmitted to hospital with a dislocated shoulder and Sean is able to get him into a detox programme. Stella's treatment of a patient she believes to be a drug addict is questioned by Evie who asks for another doctor's opinion. A year after having left her order, Marina prepares for a visit by Monsignor Duval who is coming to determine her conviction. Julia has Arch ask Gosia to be ""nicer"" to the doctors. Arch extracts a man from a horse costume.

Tom and Arch bring in a cancer-ridden patient by medivac. Tom takes a special interest in the woman and wants her to receive whatever palliative care is available while Arch, recognising the hopelessness of her situation, tries to have her accept her imminent death so that she can help her children face what lies ahead. Tom takes out his frustration with the case on Sean who in turn lashes out at Ernie. Dave proposes to Marina, but feeling rushed and uncertain of her future, she says no. Arch stumbles upon Tom and Julia's now intimate relationship