Sentence examples for appointed the first from inspiring English sources

1970: Appointed the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by President Richard Nixon.

The following year he was appointed the first commanding officer of Headquarters RAAF Station Richmond.

Jan Thijssen was appointed the first Dutch governor.

In 1885 he was appointed the first minister of education.

I also appointed the first woman peacekeeping-force commander.

In 1966, he was appointed the first archbishop of Anchorage.

Pope John XXIII appointed the first African cardinal in 1960.

Bill Clinton appointed the first, to Luxembourg, in 1999.

Months later, Morales was appointed the first female attorney general in Mexico's history.

In 1991, Neal was appointed the first black district prosecuting attorney in Arkansas.

President Barack Obama's administration has appointed the first-ever transgender White House staffer.   .