Factbox about organ transplants conducted in Australia

- To date more than 35,000 men, women and children have received transplants.

- About 1,800 Australians are currently waiting for organs with kidney transplants making up over 75 per cent of the organ donor waiting list.

- The first kidney transplant in Queensland was performed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in September 1969.

- Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital now conducts 20 per cent of all kidney transplants in Australia.

- Queensland kidney transplant recipient survival rates are over 95 per cent in the first year and over 90 per cent in five years.

- Over 50 per cent of all Queensland kidney transplants since 1969 are still functioning. The average time a kidney will function after transplant is 13 years.

- People waiting for kidney transplants can wait up to five years for a donor organ.

- 1.2 million Australians are registered organ donors

- Australian Organ Donor Register phone number is 1800 777 203 or www.donorregister.gov.au .