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DAME/DAO obligations and requirements

Aviation Medicine is responsible for supporting Australia’s network of approximately 700 designated aviation medical examiners (DAMEs), designated aviation ophthalmologists (DAOs) and credentialed optometrists (COs), some of whom operate in countries other than Australia.

In this section you will find information to assist DAMEs, DAOs and COs in their role in assisting Australia’s 37,000 licenced pilots and all air traffic controllers apply for medical certification from CASA.