However, international flights or connecting flights could possibly be a first start.
"It is a first start, but in five years, we absolutely will have 50 jumpers, or more, qualifying for nationals," said Laura Sullivan, the association's executive director.
That game was a first start following a knee injury yet when the match-day squad was announced the captain was not in the 18.
For Brazil there was a first start under Scolari for the attacking quartet of Oscar, playing wide on the right, the enduringly elegant Kaká on the left and Neymar and Fred through the middle.
There is a first start of the World Cup warm-up campaign for Ashton following a foot injury, and he joins Ben Foden and Mark Cueto in the back three.
Among those was a first start for Clint Dempsey in his second spell with Fulham after re-joining on a two-month loan deal from Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders.
"We feel that may not be sufficient, but this is a first start, and if we need to accommodate more patients, we'll have to expand".
The iPlay programme is a first start in the prevention of physical activity related injuries in children, but further improvements need to be made to the programme on the basis of this process evaluation.
There was a second start for Paddy McNair, a first in three matches for Mata, and Falcao hoping to break his scoring duck at the fourth attempt for his new side.
"It will be a memorable first start for me.
