A few years ago, researchers completed what they called the first large map to show genetic links with Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

In nineteen ninety-two, Aravind established what was described as Asia's first training center for the prevention of blindness.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

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

LOU COSTELLO: "What I want to find out." BUD ABBOTT: "I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

On New Year's Eve,some communities in the United States hold what are called First Night celebrations.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

"In the end,schools ought to do what's the right thing for their students, first and foremost."

VOA: special.2010.10.07

If it's helping the kids write more or communicate more in their first draft,that's great, that's what teachers and educators want, to get students communicating,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

It's cost our first quarter figures to be below what we have budgeted for."

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Britain's new cabinet agreed to cut the pay of all ministers by five percent, the first step in what is to be a major effort to cut Britain's national deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

This TV station caught on tape what was a first in Mexico's fight against drugs - a car bomb targeting police detonated in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso,Texas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

oh, what happened.First they..." Mama, what's vacation mean?

VOA: standard.other

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25