Equally excited fans greeted the launch from Hong Kong to Frankfurt, where some arrived as early as 3 am to be first in line.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Ryan Brown was first in line at the Maryland store. He said he believes that the iPad is the "next generation" of computing technology.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The first rail line to cross the nation was completed in eighteen sixty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Some polling stations stayed open late Friday on the first day of the balloting because voters were still in line at closing time.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

In the middle, Ryan starts pulling up his first line of lobster traps for the day.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20