Benedict XVI is on the first ever papal state visit to England.
I've bagged a spot on the first ever Alan Partridge tour.
One show I'd rather forget was my appearance as Cher on the first ever Celebrity Stars In Your Eyes in 1999, having never sung through a microphone before.
Suspects wanted for crimes including poaching rhino, trafficking ivory and illegally chopping down forests feature on the first ever Most Wanted-style appeal to catch environmental criminals.
1.49pm: I've just spoken to Lauren Booth, sister of Cherie Blair, who was on the first ever Free Gaza mission that left from Cyprus in August 2008.
The film, directed by Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, focuses on the first ever recipient of gender reassignment surgery and the effect this has on his marriage.
It was Nikisch, two years earlier, who had led the orchestra on the first ever transatlantic tour made by a European orchestra, involving a punishing schedule of concerts.
Muriel Spark missed out on the first ever Booker prize in 1969 to PH Newby, and then again in 1981 to Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
So we have an all-female headliner and co-main event, on the first ever show in Melbourne, in front of the biggest live audience ever to attend a UFC event… it's going to be a special night.
He was a member of the Ginger Baker groups Salt and Air Force; he provided the vocals on the first ever Afrobeat album, Orlando Julius's Super Afro Soul, and he worked with Fela Kuti on other crucial releases.
We have worked with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) on the first ever comprehensive study into the economic impact of big data on the UK economy, Data Equity: Unlocking the value of big data.
