In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development was held in Cairo, and for the first time, the conference report linked unsafe abortions directly to maternal death.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"I feel so strongly that this country is headed, fiscally,in a horrible direction, and for the first time in my adult life, we have a Congress that will not listen to the people, and we are fed up and we want them to listen to us."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

As histories tell it,he looked and looked at the first photograph, and said: "This is one for all time."

VOA: special.2010.05.31

But first,we tell about a new organization that is finding homes for animals and helping American soldiers at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Charlie White and Meryl Davis are competing for the United States at the Olympics for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

A Baltimore newspaper first called it that during the nineteen twenties when the manufacture and sale of alcohol were banned for a time.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Michelle Obama said for the first time the nation will have goals and measurable outcomes.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

And they broadcast, for the first time, live television pictures of men in orbit.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

This year's mailing includes, for the first time, bilingual forms in English and Spanish.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

A separate report in December said the number of men and women dying of cancer in the United States had dropped for the first time on record.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

"For the first time ever we have the chance to put al-Qaida and related groups between a hammer and an anvil,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21