Some of these have been significant, such as Sprint's first WiMAX phone, Verizon's first LTE phone and anyone's first Android phone.
Loser years include the first years in both of Eisenhower's and Nixon's two terms and in Reagan's first term, George W. Bush's first term and, of course, Hoover's single term.
"21's" midway-point sales figures also mark another first in the SoundScan era -- it's the first time just one album has sold over a millioncopies in the year's first six months.
Philadelphia, thanks to Ben Franklin, was the home of America's first hospital, later America's first medical school and first nursing school.
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It was McCammon's first game since November and Jarrett's first since December because of injury.
The world's first trial site attracted the world's first field trasher.
At the event, Huawei also underscored its commitment to increase access to high-speed mobile experiences for more people around the world through strengthening their LTE product portfolio which includes many first-in-class LTE products such as the Huawei B593, the world's first LTE TDD wireless broadband router and the Huawei E398, the world's first triple-mode LTE modem.
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Megawati's father was Indonesia's first president and Wahid's its first minister of religion.
But with the opening of the city's first contemporary art museums, the country's first W Hotel, and a growing restaurant scene, tourists are starting to get a taste of the vibrant cultural life that has been bubbling beneath the city's ornate veneer.
We congratulate Professor Macchiarini for achieving another world's first in regenerative medicine--the world's first laryngotracheal transplants.
Chaplin comes from my father - that's his first name that was my grandfather's first name, so I'm named after both of them.
New York, still seeking the franchise's first title, played in four WNBA Finals in the league's first six years but hasn't been back to the championship round since losing to Los Angeles in 2002.
Birkenhead Park was opened on Easter Monday 5 April 1847 by Lord Morpeth and is regarded by some historians as the world's first public park, and was also one of the UK's first municipal green spaces.
C-MAX Energi is Ford's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle and part of the company's first dedicated line of hybrids.
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About 300, 000 showed up for George W. Bush's first inauguration, and about 800, 000 turned out to see Bill Clinton's first swearing-in ceremony, according to various estimates.
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But the Crimson pulled off the biggest surprise of the tournament's first full day, knocking out the Mountain West champions and earning the school's first-ever victory over a team ranked in The Associated Press Top 10.
Other Intelligent Energy world's firsts in recent years include the development of the world's first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world's first manned fuel cell aircraft.
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Second Sight Medical Products developed the world's first working bionic eye, which could soon be available in the US, and fashion company Machina produced the world's first jacket to combine a MIDI controller with motion sensors -- essentially, it's a jacket that turns your body into a synthesizer.
This bizarre record occurred during New Zealand's first innings at Lord's in 1986 when the appointed keeper, Bruce French was injured during England's first innings.
By the rituals of Wall Street deal making, a buyer's first offer is almost never the final price agreed to in a transaction -- although Mr. Murdoch's first offer in this case represented an unusually generous premium.
Earlier, Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers led the tributes following the 42-year-old's triumph.
The youthful Scarlets are undergoing a transitional period and failed to qualify for European rugby's premier cup competition for the first time since the Heineken Cup's first year.
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Scott's victory is substantial for several reasons: he's the first Australian to do it, it's his first major, it comes less than a year after an ugly self-destruction at the British Open.
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Distribution is the name of the game, and it's why we dropped by Oculus' offices in the first place: the company's first professionally manufactured VR development kit is finally ready for consumption.
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"Nobody owns what's on the seabed but if you've got gear on the area it's first come, first served and that's the nature of the beast, " he added.
Singapore's extraordinary first-half GDP growth of 17.9% looks slightly less otherworldly against last year's first-half contraction of 5.3%.
Branch first played for Everton's first team in 1996 when he was 18.
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Second best for much of the first half despite Vainikolo's first score, Gloucester sent Mike Tindall over six minutes into the second, with Paterson converting.
"It's first come first served the way I look at it, " Charles Sweeney said.
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