And in providing the country's 60-year-old symphony orchestra with its first ever purpose-built home, it encapsulates the recent re-energising of Iceland's cultural scene.The hall is touted as a work of art in itself: the "largest glass sculpture in the world", says Olafur Eliasson, the Icelandic-Danish artist who designed its outer shell.
This is a relatively new official day to celebrate the achievements of women in Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), and especially computer science: Lovelace worked with Charles Babbage to create and program the first ever general-purpose computer.
June 2011 saw the official launch of the first ever multi-purpose playing facilities at the school, which formed part of the support to the school.
This is the first ever officially-sanctioned use of STAR TREK material for the purpose of user-generated content within an online medium.
The museum even has the unique distinction of appointing Sweden's first ever 'digital navigator' – a purpose-led post to educate museum staff in producing digital experiences online and onsite.
In July 2018 a Dutch company called Pal-V showcased what it calls the first ever flying car already fit for purpose, at the Farnborough Airshow in south-east England.
This year on May 28 an international cohort of diverse yet like-minded organizations, including Cora, joined together to mark the first ever Menstrual Hygiene Day for the purpose of breaking the taboo around menstruation and raising awareness of the need for safe and healthy menstrual hygiene practices for girls and women in developing economies.
Another statue gives tribute to 17th century Denis Diderot, who with Jean d'Alembert, created a 28-volume general purpose encyclopedia (one of the first ever) that could be widely distributed.
Aged five, Beyoncé attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose.
The last track on the album, "Bathroom Gurgle", includes "a squelchy grind of the riff" purpose-built for the Liars Club audience during the band's first ever gigs.
For the purposes of this study we report age at onset according to the age at first ever clinical presentation for treatment of a mental health problem (which is amenable to independent confirmation).
