Nelson Jackson and his friend, Sewall Crocker, were honored as the first to cross the United States in an automobile.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

The study is said to be the first to examine in detail measurements of bone strength instead of bone density.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

She says the study was the first to compare the economic effects of different kinds of smoking bans.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Several people are credited with being the first to use microfinance as a tool for social improvement.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

British climbers were the first to try to reach the place called "the top of the world."

VOA: special.2011.05.10

Historians say the Italian scientist and mathematician may not have been the first to get a good look at the moon and planets.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

When the Senate began debate on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Stephen Douglas was the first to defend it.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

World War Two ended. Enrico Fermi had been the first to use a neutron to produce the radioactive change of one element to another.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

But that college was the first to officially agree to receive support under the Morrill Act.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

The Republicans were a new party, and Lincoln was the first to be elected president.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The nineteen thirty Academy Awards were also the first to be broadcast on live radio.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

She was the first to fly from Mexico City to New York City, without stopping.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

The study is described as the first to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness.

VOA: special.2009.01.21