AngularJS $http call in a Service, return resolved data, not promises

I want to know if it is possible to make a service call that uses $http so it returns data directly without returning a promise? I have tried to use the $q and defer without any luck.

Here is what I mean:

I have a service:

angular.module('myModule').factor('myService', ['$http', '$q',
    function($http, $q) {

        // Public API
        return {
            myServiceCall: function() {
                return $http.get('/server/call');
            },
    }
]);

And this is how I would call it:

// My controller:
myService.myServiceCall().then(function(data) {
  $scope.data = data;
});

I want to avoid that and instead wish to have:

$scope.data = myService.myServiceCall();

I want it to be fully resolved at that line, is it possible?

I have tried some combinations of $q, defer and 'then' methods but can't seem to get it right since the method returns immediately.