"It was my first time buying a house by myself," said Ms. Carter, 60. "I did a poor job.
For the first time, buying her son the educational materials and the laptop he needs to be home-schooled – the option she has chosen because of his condition – is now a workable prospect.
The coalition's health reforms have just come into force – with GPs for the first time buying care directly for their patients and a flock of private providers emerging to rival the NHS – just as the service is struggling to make £20bn in "efficiency savings".
Mr. Holthaus, who finally signed a contract in May and moved into a two-bedroom, $271,000 apartment in the Old Town section of Chicago last weekend, said that because it was his first time buying a home, he was "somewhat apprehensive and worried about having buyer's remorse".
Likewise, 50% of the purchases through Aisle50 mark a customer's first time buying a product, so manufacturers are introducing their goods to a lot of people.
Last week, a new level of clarity in the battle was reached when Alibaba backed Paytm for a third time, buying a 36.31 percent stake of its e-commerce subsidiary for $177 million, according to a filing reported by Reuters.
Last year, Goldman Sachs popped up on the purchaser list for the first time, buying loans from Freddie Mac.
A few weeks before my visit, he tried a second time, buying tickets to the archaeological park and briefly getting in.
Be sure to make full use of it, especially if it is your first time buying a ticket.
