These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.
But as president of the law review, I have a limited role as only first among equals.
Turkey even appears to have colluded with the Russian patriarch, Kirill, to limit the powers of the Greek Orthodox patriarch in Istanbul, Bartholomew I, usually seen as first among equals in the Orthodox hierarchy.
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Even during the golden age of European integration Germany was an awkward partner, too big to be first among equals but too small to dominate, as Helmut Kohl, the chancellor who unified Germany, put it.
However, despite a weaker economy, the U.S. will probably remain "first among equals, " the report says, adding that it is very unlikely that any other nation could replace the U.S. as the leading world power.
We are seeing a slow, but it seems inexorable, move in North America in many industries to a stakeholder model where the shareholder is the first among equals but not the only person at the table.
Within two years after the war ended, the Air Force was granted independence from the Army, and then went on to become first among equals in Pentagon councils during the early years of the Cold War.
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But it's clear from the Washington Post series - and I think it was clear even before we saw it all pulled together in this series - that Dick Cheney was, if you will, the first among equals.
But in theory the prime minister is no more than first among cabinet equals.
That is true, but the growth of the club still leaves Germany first among an increased number of equals.
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