The RFDS in TAS
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It all started with a bequest.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was started by a bequest. Long-time supporter of Flynn and his idea to bring “a mantle of safety” to people living in the bush, H.V. McKay, left a large bequest for an aerial experiment, which ended up becoming the Royal Flying Doctor Society.