1.   Indeed, his first patient was a Philadelphia man who suffered from epilepsy and psychiatric symptoms.

2.   Lindsey reached for her pen and looked up, smiling, as the first patient walked into the room.

3.   She seated herself at the desk, relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room.

4.   Besides, our first patient has brought us luck.

5.   A HI-TECH body scanner, believed to be the first of its kind in the North-East, scans its first patient next month.

6.   Although the first patient has fared better than the surgeons expected, they and Abiomed cautioned against expecting a string of successes.

7.   Amgen said the Food and Drug Administration had approved the start of clinical trials, beginning with the first patient Thursterday.

8.   Among the first patients to reach the bright-orange EMS tent just beyond the finish line was Tom McGrath.

9.   And the doctors, some of whom are seeing the first patients of their lives, are eating dinner from vending machines.