The oldest son, Joseph Kennedy Junior,was expected to be the first to do so.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Yet Virgin Galactic is expected to be the first to operate its spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Her best guess is that some schools with a lot of technology will be the first to use them, but only in addition to their traditional books.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

A month earlier,twenty-six year old Zamperini had been one of the greatest runners in the world, expected by many to be the first to break the four-minute mile, one of the most celebrated barriers in sport.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Few had expected India's Reserve Bank to be the first to buy the International Monetary Fund's gold.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

And the Saudis feel that if the Iranians did have a bomb, they would be the first to feel it, China -- one of the permanent members of the Security Council -- voted in favor of the sanctions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

There are worries that the crisis could be the first of more to come in other parts of the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He is the first person to be tried on piracy charges in the United States in more than one hundred years.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

The first breeding line is expected to be released this year for use by private seed companies and public soybean breeders.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

In nineteen seventy-three, Ashe was the first black player to be invited to compete in the South African Open.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

For the first time, Americans will be required to have health insurance or face a yearly fine starting in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

It would be the first of seven trips that she would make to the area in the next forty-seven years.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

The Queen of Soul was the first woman to be honored in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

The next year he was one of the first five players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2011.03.27