Twelve GPs have been honoured on the King’s Birthday, including an ACRRM co-founder, Queensland’s first practising Indigenous doctor and the youngest person to join the Victorian medical board.

AusDoc congratulates all those recognised for their achievements in medicine and beyond.

You can read their stories below.

In 1984, GP and physician Associate Professor Noel Hayman AM was working as an assistant quality control manager in a large food factory when he saw a newspaper article that piqued his interest.