There are worries that the crisis could be the first of more to come in other parts of the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

It was designed and completed in about a year and opened on the first day of the World's Fair.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Last December, the Australia-based company Invetech reported that it had delivered the world's first production model 3-D bio-printer for Organovo.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

When this movie came out in nineteen fifty-six, it was the first to show scuba diving exploration to the world.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

When last heard from, Amelia Earhart was seeking to become the first female pilot to fly a plane around the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

It was the last of one hundred thirty five flights for the world's first reusable space vehicle design.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

The World Health Organization this week declared the first pandemic, or worldwide spread, of influenza in forty-one years.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

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

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

Only six years earlier Charles Lindburgh became famous around the world as the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Last year,for the first time, the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

"I suppose the first really significant thing that the world heard about was chimpanzees using and making tools.

VOA: special.2009.11.18