Army Colonel Sean MacFarland was the first American officer to work with the Sheikh.
He is joined by Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space.
And, in Kenton, Ohio, the first American killed in the Bosnian peacekeeping mission was buried Tuesday.
Also this September United became the first American airline to get the new plane from Boeing.
Sinclair Lewis, in 1930, became the first American novelist to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Mr Dunn is regarded by many as the first American ace of World War II.
Chris Stevens was the first American ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1988.
It's an honor to be here and to be joined by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
Kevin Higgins was the first American to play for the Barbarians, in 1991.
Walmart is offering the first American-market Nokia running the Windows Phone operating system for free with a 2-year contract.
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In 2014 it will open the first American-style research university campus in China.
Kristin Goebel, the first American ever to work for Concierge, says her clients value discretion, poise, efficiency and charm.
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Lending star power alongside Dobbs on the board were Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride, the first American woman astronaut.
The New York Philharmonic is not the first American orchestra to participate in what some might call symphonic diplomacy.
De la Renta launched his signature fragrance in 1977, becoming one of the first American designers to do so.
California will be the first American state to impose such limits, which have been opposed by the Bush administration.
Goucher, making her marathon debut, become the first American on the podium since Anne Marie Letko was third in 1994.
Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour de France, has been a frequent target of Mr. Armstrong's attacks.
Denver's Pepsi Centre became the first American arena to offset 100% of its electricity demands through purchases of wind power.
But Sampson, the first American-born coach to make the US national team staff, insists giant strides have still been made.
Brandeis was not the first American jurist to challenge the exploitation of legal pedantry in the service of reactionary politics.
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The first American to win more than one medal while swimming three strokes was Nancy Hogshead in the boycotted 1984 Games.
When Croatia declared its independence from the wreck of Yugoslavia in 1991, Mr Galbraith was named the first American ambassador there.
Athelstan Spilhaus had more success as a member of the team that in January 1958 launched Explorer 1, the first American satellite.
He is bidding to become the first American ATP Tour player to triumph in the Palm Desert since Andre Agassi in 2001.
He was the first American of Italian descent appointed to the court.
She is the first female recipient of the prize since Kathleen Jamie in 2004, and the first American woman to receive the honour.
The first American in space, Alan Shepard, actually had no choice but to go in his suit while waiting on the launch pad.
She also cut the ribbon on the first American University of Kyrgyzstan, established with U.S. funding, and was made its first honorary professor.
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Among those on board the H5 who died was an American - the first American to be killed on a submarine in warfare.
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