For the first time, General Motors has announced higher sales in China, the world's largest car market, than in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

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

One of Palmer's first actions as Attorney General was to prevent coal miners from going on strike.

VOA: special.2010.12.09

General Motors became the first automaker to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

marine general James Mattis. The French general is the first non-US commander assuming a top NATO command in the alliance's history.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

General Motors earned its first quarterly profit in three years, with $865 million in net income, Reported in May.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

General Aziz came to power last August in a coup that toppled the country's first freely-elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

General Motors was the first auto company in the United States to mass produce a modern electric car.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

In keeping with U.N.tradition, the U.S.president will address the General Assembly on the first day of its annual debate, on September 23.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

Senator Webb became the first senior U.S.official to meet with the reclusive General Than Shwe.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

In his first Washington address since assuming NATO leadership last month, Secretary-General Rasmussen said he understands America's desire to see its NATO allies commit more troops and resources to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Mr.Obama says the U.S.auto industry has added 45,000 jobs since General Motors emerged from bankruptcy, and Chrysler has reported a profit for the first time since the economic crisis began.

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

This is the first incident in which NATO forces have been blamed for the deaths of large numbers of civilians since General McChrystal took command of foreign forces in Afghanistan two months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The new commander of U.S.forces there General Stanley McChrystal is expected to deliver his first formal assessment to the White House in a matter of weeks a report which is likely to fuel further discussions on troop levels.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Ronald Noble is Interpol's Secretary General. "We agreed that we would create here in Cameroon, at our regional bureau, the first ever unit dedicated to tracing assets that were taken from a country in a corrupt fashion,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09