The phrase "arises first" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is the initial occurrence or priority in a sequence of events or ideas.
Example: "In the discussion of climate change, the issue of carbon emissions arises first before addressing other environmental concerns."
Alternatives: "comes first" or "is prioritized".
In the development of the maize leaf, the primordium arises first as a prominence some distance below the apical dome.
It is noted that the interest on traditional sunlighting and daylighting strategies arises first from its great availability throughout the year.
When their glances cross, Borzage shows the magical connection that instantly arises first by cutting between increasingly tight close-ups, then panning from her face to his and back — twice!
What Benjamin calls the "unusual circumstances" of his birth have endowed him with a preternatural gravity, which arises, first, from his sense of being out of synch with his times, and then, as he grows up, from an intensified sense of his own transience.
30 The question arises, first, whether a person who, like UsedSoft's customers, does not hold a user right in the computer program granted by the rightholder, but relies on the exhaustion of the right to distribute a copy of the computer program, is a 'lawful acquirer' of that copy within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Directive 2009/24.
Strength arises first and foremost from a robust economy.
It's believed written language arose first in Mesopotamia, but no one uses Sumerian cuneiform today.
The call is ventriloquial and seems to arise first from one side and then from another.
The researchers also looked for the bacteria in cancers that arose first in the liver, not in the colon.
That's why institutions promoting wealth today arose first in Eurasia, the area with the oldest and most productive agriculture.
Separate tempo indications, arising first in the 17th century, were verbally expressed; for example, adagio, largo, presto.
