The phrase "and provided the first" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a context where you are discussing conditions or stipulations related to something being provided, but it needs additional information to be clear.
Example: "The committee agreed to fund the project, and provided the first installment was received on time, the work could begin immediately."
Alternatives: "and if the first" or "and assuming the first".
SARA IVRY Edwin Hubble (1910), astronomer who demonstrated that the universe is still expanding and provided the first evidence supporting the Big Bang theory.
The Apollo 7 crew, which also included Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham, flew for 163 orbits and provided the first televised pictures from an American spacecraft.
Novel integrative approaches have now revealed the molecular architecture of the entire complex and provided the first insights into the conformational changes during its functional cycle.
He has collaborated with other top Brazilian songwriters — notably with Marisa Monte and Arnaldo Antunes as the group Tribalistas, whose self-titled 2002 album won a Latin Grammy Award and provided the first song in the set, "Carnavália".
[News agencies reported further attacks near Kandahar early Wednesday.] For the first time, General Myers listed the targets struck, 31 on the first day followed by 13 on the second, and provided the first aerial photographs of the damage.
The array, which sits on top of the station and provided the first solar power to the complex, sat in the way of arrays that have been installed on the sides of the station.
The East Fork wolf pack, found near Denali, North America's tallest mountain, was first researched in the 1930s and provided the first detailed accounts of wolf behavior and ecology.
This technique enabled the detection of ~40 sources missing from the conventional bottom-up inventories18 and provided the first emission estimates for a number of degassing volcanoes in remote locations22.
A plaque in Great Peter Street marks the site of the Gas Light and Coke Company, the gasworks that from 1813 lit Westminster Bridge and provided the first public supply in the world.
The touchdown was the Bulldogs second during a stretch in which they scored 24-straight points and provided the first big momentum shift in a game that would eventually accumulate too many to count.
Histoplasma antigen was present in urine and/or serum in all but 3 of the patients and provided the first clue to the diagnosis of histoplasmosis for several patients.
