Historical Note:
The original vision statement of the Association of Community and Regional Specialists, the forerunner to RuDASA, read as follows:

The vision: a high standard of primary and secondary level medical care delivered in the community by appropriately trained medical staff.

The means:

1. By creating specialist grade posts with responsibility for the region
2. By encouraging a long term commitment to rural hospital service
3. By:
   • appropriate training
   • certification
   • career structure and renumeration
   • conditions of service conducive to work in remote areas
   • recruiting
   • ongoing education and logistical support
     

Objectives:

1. to be a voice for the rural specialist by creating a forum through which the frustration, aspirations of indivicual members can effectively be brought to the employing authorities,
   
2. to be a forum for exchange of information and ideas,
   
3. to provide ongoing CME and logistical information back up for rural hospital doctors,
   
4. to act as a pressure group with the relevant bodies for effecting the
   neccessary changes to bring about the vision,
5. to inform the community and the media about the situation in rural hospitals,
6. to encourage the appropriate training to under and post graduate doctors.