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The phrase "is the first of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to emphasize that something is the first or earliest in a series or sequence. For example: "This is the first of five exams I have to take this semester."
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This is the first of two parts.
This is the first of three pieces.
Below is the first of four videos.
"This is the first of a series.
Integrity is the first of the service's values.
The hotel is the first of a small chain.
It is the first of his many excruciating gaffes.
Ben's plan is that this is the first of many.
Thomas Rhett's Vacation is the first of these travesties.
_(This is the first of two articles on Joe Gould).
Delmonico's, fittingly, is the first of Freedman's ten restaurants.
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