Nine board members and one delegate handed their resignations in on Friday morning after Mr Andrews promised to sack them if they didn't.
"I want to thank each of the members of the Ambulance Victoria board for the dignified way in which they have tendered their resignations," Mr Andrews told reporters on Friday.
He said the outgoing board members weren't necessarily happy but understood he had a mandate to push for change.
"They were respectful of the clear mandate that the incoming Labor government has to fix a broken ambulance system and to deliver that important cultural change," he said.
Before last Saturday's election, Mr Andrews promised to sack the board if they didn't resign.
He said they had betrayed paramedics with what they offered on pay and conditions during an enterprise bargaining negotiation.
The pay dispute has been going for two years.
Former Ambulance Victoria CEO Greg Sassella left his role last week, and Alfred Health CEO Andrew Way is running the service in the interim.
"The issue around an administrator to take over from the board, we'll resolve those matters quite quickly and I'll have some announcements to make next week about that," Mr Andrews said.
Hours after being sworn in as premier on Thursday, Mr Andrews referred the dispute to the Fair Work Commission.
"As promised, I'm putting this case in the hands of the independent umpire - it's the best way to get a fair decision," Mr Andrews said.
A spokeswoman for Ambulance Victoria declined to comment.
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