So, for the first time in state history, the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield voted Friday to impeach the governor.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Share-cropping made it possible for blacks to work the land for themselves for the first time in their lives.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

For the first time, Americans will be required to have health insurance or face a yearly fine starting in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

The group says this was the first time it gave a documentary crew unrestricted access to its field operations.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in nineteen eleven, this time in chemistry.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

Many people think that the Industrial Revolution was the first time people began to have a major effect on the earth's ecology.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

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

VOA: special.2010.01.25

It was the first time that a government had approved a law to preserve and protect land because of its great beauty.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

The vehicle is helping scientists to see for the first time huge areas underneath the lake that were otherwise impossible to explore.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

For the first time the W.H.O.raised its alert level from phase four to phase five on April twenty-ninth.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

"But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."

VOA: special.2009.04.17

For the first time, I learned something about how to live with people of different religious beliefs."

VOA: special.2010.08.01

For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

We began to drink. By the time we had finished the first bottle, Simon was very drunk.

VOA: special.2011.06.25