"It was the genius of my teacher, her sympathy,her love which made my first years of education so beautiful.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

But by the end of my first year in the city, I had become an expert with the microscope.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

This is what she wrote. "My first day at Radcliffe College was of great interest.

VOA: special.2011.08.07

I want you for my first friend in New York. Mine's Eva Lovelace.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

"I would say my first one. It was in New York.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

And my first very successful book was "The Good Earth."

VOA: special.2010.11.14

Springing to my feet, I received my first Martian surprise.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

"Actually my first name is Charles. When I was in the military they would always assume that somebody had mis-keyed the M versus the F and would house me with a male roommate or such."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"As President,I will sign a Universal Health Care plan into law by the end of my first term in office."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"My first reaction was, I have to get to Port-au-Prince because my daughter is there."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

"Before when it was my first time, I take the train on the other side,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

My first reaction was great surprise and appreciation,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

I don't recall what I gotfor my first Christmas, and I don't know when I went onmy first outdoor picnic, but I do remember the first time I heardthe sweetest voice in the wide world.

VOA: standard.other

Small towns in the Appalachian Mountains needed nurse-midwives and I went to a town called Truitt, my father's first name.

VOA: special.2009.02.14