The phrase "a first survey of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing an initial examination or overview of a particular subject or topic.
Example: "This paper presents a first survey of the current research trends in artificial intelligence."
Alternatives: "an initial overview of" or "a preliminary assessment of".
You may well find yourself hungry for more of the same, and you'll have more in Florence next fall when a first survey of Bronzino's paintings opens at the Palazzo Strozzi.
In this study, a first survey of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina infection in cattle was carried out using blood samples from 406 clinically healthy individuals from different districts from Central and Southern regions of Portugal and analyzed by indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) and nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR).
A first survey of all articles published up to November 2015 about anterior open bite was performed by using the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, LILACS, VHL, and WEB OF SCIENCE.
This study provides a first survey of the geothermal potential of the Tiris area located on the northeastern slope of Lamongan Volcano in East Java, Indonesia (Figs. 1, 2).
The hunter D´Enneval de Vaumesle noted after a first survey of the area that 'This beast will not be an easy catch.' Horses could not be used in the swamps and the creature could easily escape in the forests and hide between the rocks.
This study provides a first survey of likely changes in invasive potential under changing climates of a significant sample of biodiversity in this case, we assess likely changes in the global invasive potential of >1800 species of European plants.
He has now carried out a second survey of a month of editions of the flagship BBC Radio Scotland programme Good Morning Scotland, and found that, in his opinion, it also displayed a similar level of bias.
Every month, the government carries out a second survey of the labor market, questioning households rather than firms about their employment status — hence it's called "the household survey".
In a second survey of 10,000 Indian women, financed by the United States Agency for International Development, more than half of the women said violence was a normal part of married life.
Because the size of the grid must be smaller than this scale, a second survey of water samples in the pool was carried out using a grid size of 40 m × 40 m.
Later, they crafted a second survey of about 150 college and graduate students to determine whether giving people choice would make them more readily embrace a mandatory game.
