Facts

• The first air ambulance charity was launched in Cornwall on April 1, 1987.
• Twenty-four helicopters are leased or owned and in service for the 17 air ambulance charities.
• Air ambulance charities collectively undertake 19,000 missions annually, and serve 177 accident and emergency departments.
• Collectively, the air ambulances are the busiest voluntary emergency services in the country
• Air ambulances work with: 35 pilots, medical teams made up of consultants, specialist registrars, GPs, emergency care practitioners, paramedics, technicians and nurses.
• On average, each mission costs £1,229, and the average spend per helicopter is £843,000pa.

Did you know YOUR Air Ambulance:

• is on call seven days a week, 365 days a year
• is operational across Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire (BOB) every day
• can be airborne within 3 minutes
• has a top speed of approximately 150 mph
• can land in an area of half the size of a tennis court
• up to 50% of our missions are road traffic accidents
• carries a patient and a carer

But

• costs are on average £165,000 a month
• receives NO funding from central Government or the National Lottery

 "WE RELY ON YOU ... SO YOU CAN RELY ON US"