The People's Republic of China conducted its 3rd national census -- and its first ever using modern technology -- on July 1st, and on the eve of the count the writer paid a call on William Seltzer, a United Nations official, whose office has been involved in it for the past three years.
Then he mimed a box in the air, initiating the first ever use of the VAR.
Despite the dreary outlook, the Met Office remained positive about the first ever use of its "Name our Storms" pilot project.
The board has taken a very active interest in the scheme's development, and some of the changes made were in response to heavy pressure from the board, which even threatened the regulators with the first ever use of its enforcement powers a few months ago, such was its unhappiness.
The mission also included the first ever use of a new grid fin system on a Falcon 9 first stage.
Whenever a new developer and compute platform comes along — whether that's the mobile phone or a VR headset — games are quick to follow as one of the first ever use cases.
Birmingham saw the first ever use of radiography in an operation, and the UK's first ever hole-in-the-heart operation was performed at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The first trailer for Fast Five was released on Diesel's Facebook page on December 14 , 2010 in what was believed to be the first ever use of this marketing approach.
For 634 of the 808 patients (78.5%), the course of five-grass pollen tablets documented here was their first ever use of SLIT, whereas 146 patients (18.1%) had started SLIT with the five-grass pollen tablet sometime after they had completed another course of AIT.
As a nice touch, hanging on the workshop wall is the first snowboard ever used in Avoriaz.
