The phrase "a first time study" is not correct in standard written English.
It is likely intended to refer to a study that is being conducted for the first time, but the phrasing is awkward.
Example: "This research represents a first-time study on the effects of the new drug."
Alternatives: "a pilot study" or "an initial study".
This paper reports a first-time study of the effect of large proportions of the activated carbon (AC) waste used in low clinker cements on the properties and structure of the new binders.
On account of the unique structure, this morphology of bismuth has been at the first time studied as an electrode, which has a good performance to detecting the heavy metal ions.
For deciphering the Quaternary climate evolution in these regions, the Batajnica/Stari Slankamen and Mircea Voda sites are for the first time studied by a multi-proxy approach based on iron mineralogical parameters.
The best time for treatment is the subject of an ongoing debate, but for the first time studies have been funded that will answer these questions.
This paper provides a first time case study of TBM application in a coal mine drift development in identifying the explosion hazards and its management.
The dependency of BR on NPR1 in mediating stress tolerance is a first time observation made in this study.
Representative Bob Marshall's (R) announced recently that he is proposing legislation for a third time to study the creation of an "alternate" Virginia state currency of gold and silver coins as part of a growing trend in the United States.
In a second time course study, the effect of N6022 administered at 30 min to 8 h prior to MCh challenge was assessed to more fully explore the onset of action.
According to a recent first-time study conducted by Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, those rates amount to a fastball to the skull of the generic university mission.
And that's something the team learned a second time, by studying a very different condition, in a very different part of the world.
