The world's first eight flight attendants took to the air in May 1930. They were all nurses, hired by Boeing Air Transport (forerunner to United Airlines) to give early-era air passengers a greater sense of security on board.
As air travel became safer over the ensuing decades, nurses were no longer required in the cabin.
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