President Obama is back from his first trip to Asia since becoming what he called "America's first Pacific president."

VOA: special.2009.11.21

A few years ago, researchers completed what they called the first large map to show genetic links with Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Mary knew the importance of what had been established -- the first independent school for the higher education of women.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

A British doctor reported the first cases of what was probably Buruli ulcer in eighteen ninety-seven in Uganda.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

In nineteen ninety-two, Aravind established what was described as Asia's first training center for the prevention of blindness.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

A team from the University of Warwick has built what it calls the world's first completely environmentally friendly Formula Three racing car.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

LOU COSTELLO: "What I want to find out." BUD ABBOTT: "I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

One of the first battles took place at what is now Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

You can make your own chances. But first you have to know what you are after,my dear."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

They wanted the music to come first so that the songs would be what people remember most.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

The civil war in Greece ended. American help for Greece and Turkey was the first step in what became known as the "Truman Doctrine."

VOA: special.2011.08.04

On New Year's Eve,some communities in the United States hold what are called First Night celebrations.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

About two thousand five hundred years ago the first houses appeared on the flat tops of mesas in what is now northern New Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

"In the end,schools ought to do what's the right thing for their students, first and foremost."

VOA: special.2010.10.07