One such program in the state of New Jersey is giving some young people their first experience with the world of work.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

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

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Her first experience with the sport probably was not the usual kind.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

With their first experience as a host country for a FIFA event nearly behind them, Egyptians are looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa next year, and are anxious to share their experiences with their fellow Africans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

She has said that writing the songs on "Bare Bones" was a very new experience, almost like making her first album over again.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

NASA also said the first astronauts had to be military pilots with experience in test flying airplanes.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

For the first time in Pat Summitt's career, the current Lady Vols team lacks experience.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Another man in Seattle,Washington writes about his familys terrible experience fleeing first from China, then from Cambodia and Vietnam before arriving in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

But whatever they choose, they first need experience.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Swan did that and more. As he gained experience on his first expeditions, he developed a talent for raising money and hiring accomplished guides who could teach him.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

I did not know I can win that race, but from the first time in my life the experience, the world championships,the seniors, I could not believe it,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

This year, the team's experience shows, with Johnny Spillane earning his first World Cup win in early January while Lodwick finished on the podium in two events and Demong won a World Cup event in October.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

"I actually got stuck in a gondola with him. And he was telling me about his experience and how he spent maybe the first five or six years of his career just crashing into fences and blowing up until he finally figured out how to make it all work."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09