"Starting with the first" is a correct phrase that can be used in written English
For example, you could say "Starting with the first goal, let's go through our plan of action step-by-step."
You're always starting with the first brick.
(Purists, incidentally, would advise starting with the first radio series).
The president intended to build a dynasty, Gumbo added, starting with the first lady.
If your teenager doesn't already know these books, recommend starting with the first instalment, Wicked Lovely.
Her office convicted three dozen terrorists, through guilty pleas and six major trials, starting with the first trade center attack.
Fleury would have had to answer all the same questions again, starting with the first day of training camp.
The American labor movement was born here, starting with the first miners' strikes in the 1840's.
For the French, the impact of all the comparisons, starting with the first tasting, has been subdued.
The exiles have come here in numerous waves, starting with the first group fleeing Castro's revolution, in 1959.
The model was constructed by starting with the first order model as shown in Eq. (1).
We will release public tickets step by step, starting with the first 500 today.
