It's the first-ever decision engine. From Microsoft." A Web traffic report last Friday from StatCounter said Bing twice passed Yahoo in usage in the United States in its first few weeks.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

The researchers say this is the first study linking health insurance to the decision to seek treatment for a heart attack.

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

Dieng says it is the first time that such a court decision has been put into action.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"The first delay is decision making in the family whether to seek care or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

He was the first witness in a probe examining the government's decision to send naval commandos to intercept six ships trying to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The decision late Wednesday from the Geneva-based body comes the same day as Germany and Austria announced their first confirmed cases of swine flu, raising the total number of countries affected to 10.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29