New room for readers ReprintsYet the great breakthrough of the register is that, for the first time, departments are being given an incentive to dispose of surplus assets.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said, "This is the first time the department as a department, complete and whole, every member who is not working, will be gathered together to pay tribute to those who have made, as we say, the supreme sacrifice".
This is not the first time the department's employment practices have been questioned.
This is not the first time the department has had problems.
It is the first time the department has disclosed such country-by-country figures.
And for the first time, the department provided a glimpse of the investigatory findings upon which the settlement was based.
For the first time, the department will create a database of officers and other police employees with placards.
For the first time, the department offered summer makeup sessions, but only 1,200 children took advantage of them, officials said.
Mr. May said that it was the first time the department had to shoot a bear in self-defense.
It was the first time the department said in writing that it was not particularly opposed to a trail.
