<P> Experimental aerial medical services commenced in 1926 and an injured miner was transported by air from Mount Isa to Cloncurry in November 1927 . </P> <P> By 1928, Flynn had gathered sufficient funds through fundraising activities to launch the experiment of the AMS on 15 May . Its supporters included industrialist HV McKay, medical doctor George Simpson, and Hudson Fysh, one of the founders of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, the company which would go on to become Qantas . Qantas supplied the first aircraft to the fledgling organisation, VH - UER a De Havilland DH. 50, dubbed "Victory". On 17 May 1928, two days after inception, the service's first official flight piloted by Arthur Affleck departed from Cloncurry, 85 miles to Julia Creek in Central Queensland, where the plane was met by over 100 people at the airstrip . Qantas charged two shillings per mile for use of the Victory during the first year of the project . </P> <P> Within the first year of operations, the service flew approximately 20,000 miles in 50 flights, becoming the first comprehensive air ambulance service in the world . The service persisted through some very tough first few years, dealing with postwar Australia and the Great Depression of the 1930s . During its first few decades the service relied heavily on community fundraising, volunteer support and donations . Nowadays, the service is supported by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, but still relies heavily on fundraising and donations from the community to purchase and medically equip its aircraft, and to finance other major capital initiatives . Until the 1960s the service predominantly hired aircraft, pilots and service technicians from contractors . After this point, the service moved on to purchasing its own equipment and employing its own pilots and mechanics . </P> <P> In 1932, the success from its operations in Cloncurry, and the increasing public awareness to this quite vital rural service, resulted in a push for a national network of flying doctors, hopefully with sponsorship from the government . In 1934 this was realised with the new Australian Aerial Medical Service opening up "Sections" across the nation . Bases were set up in Wyndham, Port Hedland, Kalgoorlie, Broken Hill, Alice Springs and Meekatharra . The Queensland experiment was expanded with two additional bases opening in Charters Towers and Charleville . An official Federal Council for the organisation was formed in 1936 . In 1937, Dr Jean While became the first female flying doctor in Australia, and the world, when she started work at Normanton . In 1942 the service was again renamed as the Flying Doctor Service, with Royal being bestowed upon the service in 1955 . On 22 October 1958, Holden car manufacturers donated their 500,000 th vehicle to the service in Melbourne . </P>

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