That amount of time is starting to come down. We were also quite surprised when we first started looking at vaccines that they were such a life-saving advance.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

"I have to say when we first moved into the neighborhood, Delvin was our daily visitor and the kids looked forward to him coming and he was the first person whose name we knew in a new country, the first American we met really."

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

"What we acquire first is seismic data, and we start acquiring this within about ten seconds of an earthquake.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

But first we report on American efforts to get Hispanics to take part in the population count called the census.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final game of this year's National Basketball Association championship.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax family helped keep American folk music from being lost.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

This week we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

"In a single generation, we've fallen from first place to twelfth place in college graduation rates for young adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

So the first challenge is, how do we reach all the women who do not have access to a prevention program?"

VOA: special.2009.07.29

But first,we tell about a new organization that is finding homes for animals and helping American soldiers at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

But first,we talk about some small groups and individuals in the United States who are helping the people of Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Today we tell about the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, who died earlier this week.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

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

VOA: special.2009.04.17