But her trip to Japan,Indonesia,South Korea and China makes her the first in almost fifty years to visit Asia first.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

But the first release from her newest album was the fastest rising single of her career.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

Jill Hall has two stepdaughters, but Thomas is her first experience with breastfeeding.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

But her place in history will be secure as the first female speaker, and the one who helped pushed health care legislation through Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

But when her stepdaughter became pregnant during her first year in college, the overwhelming impact of teen pregnancy on students really hit home for Mosee.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

But many voters continue to question Palin's intelligence and her grasp of issues concerns that first arose during her sometimes faltering performance in television interviews during the 2008 campaign.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

This is not the first study to show a link between deforestation and malaria, but Olson says her study is notable because of the rigorous way Brazilian health officials gathered the malaria data.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17