The Sussex Air Ambulance, launched in June 2007, is now flying, fast, direct and unhindered at over 150 miles per hour and can reach the whole of the county within a matter of minutes. It carries a highly trained doctor and paramedic on board, who can treat and assess the patient and then transport them to the nearest major hospital or specialist unit, in a fraction of the time taken by a land ambulance. The charity does not receive any Government or National Lottery funding and with a yearly cost of £1.5 million or £4,000 a day, support from the people of Sussex is essential to keep it flying 365 days a year and give us all peace of mind should we ever need it.