Dr Paul Cutting, Director of the Rural Distribution Section within the Rural Access Branch of the Commonwealth’s Department of Health. His current responsibilities include the management of the Commonwealth programs delivered through the Rural Workforce Agencies; the maintenance of the Modified Monash Model remoteness classification, which is being used by a range of health workforce programs to better direct resources to areas of need; and the annual updating of the Districts of Workforce Shortage system. Dr Cutting’s education is in pure mathematics, which he relied on in his previous work in the Department of Health’s Economic and Statistical Analysis Branch. In this former role, he provided assistance to areas across the Department in developing models and providing analysis across a range of health programs.

Stephan Dent is a final year medical student at the University of Melbourne and will be an intern at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in 2018. Stephan's clinical interests lie in generalist rural medicine and as a student completed rural rotations in Finley, Shepparton and Papua New Guinea. His research interests include health equity and prisoner healthcare.

Dr Sean Hassan is an Intern at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. (co-author) A/Prof Sandra Turner is a Senior Radiation Oncologist at the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital in Sydney. The authors share a passion for patient-focused cancer care and work along alongside a small but dedicated group to raise awareness about radiation therapy through the Targeting Cancer Campaign. This centres around their belief that GPs have a strong part to play in advocating for and facilitating their patients to get optimal multidisciplinary cancer care.

Dr Gina Hesselberg is a Radiation Oncology Registar based at Prince of Wales Hospital. Media and Profile Committee Member, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, Faculty of Radiation Oncology.

Dr Tedman is a resident medical officer working with the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in a voluntary capacity to help establish its new state-wide teledermatology service. He has been actively involved in set up of the system at LCCH, and has been responsible for the implementation of an ongoing clinical audit of the service and its referral patterns, as well as its capture of data in the integrated electronic medical record.

John van Bockxmeer is a FACRRM working full time for the WA Country Health Service as an Emergency Department doctor John is dedicated to improving the health of all Australians. For over ten years hehas led numerous voluntary local, national and international initiatives representing excellence in the fields of medicine and community development. Through his charity Fair Game he helps mentor and foster positive change in remote communities through the donation of recycled sports equipment. The group has donated over 25,000 items of pre-loved equipment and has grown to more than 190 volunteers in hubs across Australia. John has an interest in patient safety and quality and is involved with a number of initiatives with WACHS. He is the regional clinical sepsis lead and has been influential introducing a new management pathways for clinicians. John is also passionate about ensuring health systems and processes are streamlined and best practice. Dr Tim Robertson is an intern at Fiona Stanley Hospital with an interest in research. He has worked and studied in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and enjoys the diversity of rural health.