The phrase "an initial record" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the first entry or documentation of information in a particular context, such as data collection or project management.
Example: "Before we proceed, let's review an initial record of the findings from our first survey."
Alternatives: "a preliminary record" or "a first record".
"It looks like you held to a more consistent sleep schedule in this step than during your baseline," an initial recording period, it might say.
After an initial recording in which One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) was laid down in New York in January 1966, the rest of the album was laid down in Nashville over two sessions from 14-17 Februand and 7-10 March – 13 songs in six days, all on four tracks, not eight as has been suggested – ergo, more than one instrument on each track.
After an initial recording period of 24 hrs, the washers were renewed and the locations were switched to control for side bias.
After an initial recording to assess tremor frequency (Fig. 1A and B) and the posture that most consistently elicited tremor, the order of blocks was pseudorandomized between subjects.
Automatically generate an initial data record.
DataFax reads data boxes (Xs, handwritten numbers, and visual analog scales) to create an initial data record as the starting point for the clinical review and data validation process.
As such, individuals identified in this study with an initial hospitalization record for brain tumour between fiscal years 2004/05 and 2009/10 may have been previously admitted to the hospital as recently as in fiscal year 2002/03.
The remaining fields on each CRF page are processed by the intelligent character recognition (ICR) software, which reads numeric, date, check, choice, and visual analog scale fields to create an initial data record ready for subsequent validation by the data management staff.
A random sample of 25,000 clusters was obtained after initial record linkage.
