John Flynn (minister) John Flynn (minister) John Flynn (25 November 18805 May 1951) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later became Frontier Services, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance. Educated at Snake Valley, Sunshine and Braybrook primary schools, he matriculated from University High School Parkville, aged 18. Unable to finance a university course, he became a pupil-teacher with the Victorian Education Department and developed interests in photography and first aid. In 1903 he began training for the ministry through an extra-mural course for 'student lay pastors',
William S. Flynn 1922, Flynn won the Democratic nomination over favorite John T. Brown, Superior Court Judge. Flynn lieutenants staged a coup by asking delegates to cast a "token vote of friendliness" for Flynn. Flynn won by such a margin on the first ballot that no second ballot was held. Flynn was 37 years old when he won the Governorship, defeating Republican Harold J. Gross by 7,111 votes. Flynn was one of the youngest men to hold the office. Flynn was elected as part of a group of reform-minded young Democrats. They called for a 48-hour work week. Flynn served a single two-year