Flett, Penelope (Penny) Ruth

Dr Penny Flett, who settled in Australia in 1965, was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to the aged and disabled community through the Brightwater Care Group. Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the Brightwater Care Group on 23 July 1986 Flett worked in a variety of positions including four years with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In 1974 she became the first woman in peacetime to hold a male rank and the first woman doctor to serve in the RAAF. Penny Flett was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year in 1998.

Events

1965	Settled in Australia
1974	First woman in peacetime to hold a male rank and first woman doctor to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
23 July 1986 -	Chief Executive Officer of the Brightwater Care Group (Inc.)
1997 - 2000	Chair of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Board
1998	Telstra Australian Businesswoman of the Year
1999 -	Member St George's College Council
1999 -	Member of the Australian Bravery Decorations Council
1999 - 2002	Board member of the Positive Ageing Foundation, Western Australia
2001 - 2002	Board member of the State Training Board of Western Australia
2003	Awarded the Centenary Medal

Reports

• Planning & Research Branch, Health Department of Western Australia., Extended care services in metropolitan Perth : directions for change, Flett, P. (Penelope), [Perth, W.A.?], "May 1986.", c 97 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]