In 2013, Dr. Wang, a psychologist at Kaiser's Fremont clinic, noted in a patient's chart, "Patient should be seen sooner" after discovering the patient would wait more than three weeks for a first-time appointment, which is a violation of state law.
Analysis by headhunters Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann suggested that 47 per cent of first-time appointments to FTSE 350 boards in 2012 were female, compared with just 11 per cent in 2007.
ENTs see many more patients with tinnitus and these tend to be first-time appointments, but again with chronic subjective tinnitus as the defining feature.
The service now provides second timed appointments for non-attenders (from April 2009), as these have been shown to increase attendance rates in comparison with an open invitation to call the service (Stead et al, 1998).
But for the first time the appointment will most likely come from the new family Allegiance Council, which is expected to weigh a broader range of candidates, rather than from the king alone.
Herman Van Rompuy, the EU's new president, will chair the meeting for the first time since his appointment under the terms of the Lisbon treaty.
Although Addison easily retained his seat in the Commons, his old and powerful patrons were again out of favour, and, for the first time since his appointment as undersecretary in 1705, Addison found himself without employment.
After the talks wrapped up, the energy agency's secretary general, Yukiya Amano, who had flown to Tehran for the first time since his appointment in 2009, said that he was near an agreement with the Iranians on extra inspections, including at Parchin, a military base near the capital where the agency suspects military nuclear activities are under way.
Although the players are now away for the summer, Solbakken is back at Wolves' training ground this week for the first time since his appointment, to outline a few plans to his backroom staff.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC for the first time since his appointment, Prof Berwick said he fully understood the anger of those who had lost relatives at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2008, having read their accounts.
