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"a first step is" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about initiating a process, or taking the first steps toward a goal. For example, "To reach our desired outcome, a first step is to create a plan of action."
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A first step is to upgrade the continent's national parks.
A first step is to determine all the costs of a terrorist attack.
"Learning and observing as a first step is a key piece of advice.
A first step is to persuade Muslims that America is not their enemy.
A first step is a hot line providing counseling, from an agency created by mortgage servicers.
A first step is to go back to a system based on meritocracy and away from self-serving politics.
But a first step is to stop treating these teenagers as criminals and focusing instead on arresting the pimps and the customers — and the corrupt cops.
The betting must be that a first step is all they take: with years, rather than months, before the next one.
At a hospital, a first step is to take an electrocardiogram and to compare the squiggles in old and new electrocardiograms to seek clues to a heart attack.
A first step is establishing that it is possible to tweak a brain circuit by remote control and observe the corresponding behavioral changes in freely moving lab animals.
While New Jersey might eventually follow Connecticut in abolishing county government in favor of state-operated regions, a first step is a merger of the counties.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com