He will be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, and the first black president, on January 20th.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

It is the band's seventh studio album and the first without LeRoi Moore whom they called "GrooGrux King."

VOA: special.2009.08.28

She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American female pilot,Harriet Quimby.

VOA: special.2011.06.12

A few months later, President Cleveland and the First Lady went to New York City for the official ceremony welcoming the Statue of Liberty.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

She was a photographer,travel writer and the first female board member of the National Geographic Society.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

She was a social worker and the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

It built the first museum and the first public flower garden in America.

VOA: special.2010.10.04

A lot of people come to the National Zoo, and the first animal they want to see is the giant pandas,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The WHO authorized drug manufacturers to begin testing possible vaccines, and the first human trials began a month later.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Okay? So, separate and label theminto the phases of mitosis, and the first partners that get it rightare gonna win the Golden Onion.

VOA: standard.other

When the targeted area was cleaned up Thursday morning and the first truck was loaded, village children suggested they take more bags into other neighborhoods.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Ms.Merkel is the first German leader to speak before a joint meeting of Congress, and the first to address the House or Senate since Konrad Adenauer in 1957.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Right after the elections, basically the international news agencies were not allowed to get news and the first place you would check for the videos from Iran, the protest videos and so on, was just on Facebook."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"Now that Operation Panther's Claw has shown that it can bring success and the first phase of that operation is over, it is time to commemorate all those soldiers who have given their lives and to thank all our British soldiers for the determination, the professionalism and the courage that they have been showing,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.27