1.   As I watch her, she is introducing her class to the first item on her syllabus, classical mythology.

2.   The first item is either a toy or votive offering.

3.   The first item on the agenda today is the matter of public transportation.

4.   The first item on the agenda was a discussion of how much money could be saved from closures over the next year.

5.   The first item on the news was the bomb.

6.   The first item that came to hand was the flower.

7.   The remainder of the assembly will not now be required to tolerate as much dimensional variation in the first item, reducing the design difficulty and assembly costs.

8.   Your talk will be the first item on the agenda you need not stay for the rest of the meeting unless you want to.

9.   I will put your talk as first item on the agenda so you can leave if you wish at the end of the talk.