Secretary Clinton announced the trip in Jerusalem earlier this week during her first visit to the Middle East as America's top diplomat.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

She is the first woman to serve as solicitor general of the United States and earlier, as head of Harvard Law School.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Earlier this year,the first female pilots ever to fly American military aircraft were finally recognized for their service.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Only six years earlier Charles Lindburgh became famous around the world as the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Earlier,Mister Obama traveled to Turkey for his first official visit to a mostly Muslim country.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

It was nineteen thirty-three. Only six years earlier Charles Lindburgh became famous around the world as the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

"His flaws,I think, in the first two movies earlier on the story were caused by his dislocation from reality."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

In the first nine months of 2009, capital inflows stood at just $12 billion one fifth the level of a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Earlier Wednesday,health officials announced the first swine flu fatality in the United States was a Mexican baby who was visiting relatives in the state of Texas.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

Earlier this year, Maldives pledged to become the world's first carbon neutral nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Clinton said Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh, with whom she met earlier Monday, had accepted an invitation from President Obama to visit the White House November 24 for the first official state visit for the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20