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First Reformed

First Reformed, Paul Schrader's 2017 A24 drama starring Ethan Hawke as pastor Ernst Toller, an austere Academy-ratio crisis-of-faith film inspired by Bresson, Bergman, and Ida, Oscar-nominated for screenplay.

First Republic Bank

First Republic Bank was a San Francisco private bank serving high-net-worth clients with low-rate jumbo mortgages until regulators seized it and sold it to JPMorgan Chase in May 2023.

First Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Առաջին Հանրապետություն)

First Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Առաջին Հանրապետություն), also called Republic of Armenia 1918–1920: independent Armenian state declared 28 May 1918 after the Russian Empire's collapse, governed by a unicameral parliament under four Dashnak-led prime ministers, recognized by Ottoman Turkey (Batum, 4 June 1918) and the United States (23 April 1920), and ended by the 2 December 1920 agreement making it a Soviet socialist republic.

First responder

First responder: person protecting life, property, and the environment in the earliest stages of an incident; chiefly police, firefighters, and EMS personnel. Modern US role shaped by the 1966 NAS report, Highway Safety Act, and EMT certification; high occupational stress-injury risk.

FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is FIRST's high-school robotics program (grades 9-12), begun in 1992 with 28 teams, in which teams build industrial-size robots for a game revealed each January; about 3,700 teams in 30+ countries compete, culminating at FIRST Championship.

First Round Capital

First Round Capital is a San Francisco seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman and Howard Morgan, an early backer of Uber.

First Safavid Civil War

The First Safavid Civil War (فتنه قزلباش, "Qizilbash sedition") was factional fighting among Qizilbash tribes during Shah Tahmasp I's minority, 1524 to 1533, ending when he took power.

First same-sex marriage in Spain

First same-sex marriage in Spain: Emilio Menéndez and Carlos Baturín wed 11 July 2005 in Tres Cantos under Ley 13/2005, in force 3 July; Spain was the third country, upheld by STC 198/2012.

First Samori–French War

The First Samori–French War (1882–1887) was the first phase of armed conflict between France and the Wassoulou Empire of Samori Ture in the upper Niger region of West Africa.

First satellites by country

First satellites by country lists each nation's first artificial satellite, from the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 in 1957 through China's Dong Fang Hong 1 in 1970.

First Saudi state

The First Saudi state, also known as the Emirate of Diriyah, was an Arabian polity ruled by the Al Saud from Diriyah until its destruction in 1818.

First Schleswig War

First Schleswig War (Treårskrigen, Three Years' War), 24 March 1848 to 8 May 1851: Denmark with Swedish-Norwegian volunteers against Prussia and the German Confederation over Schleswig-Holstein, ending with the London Protocol of 1852.

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff: professional head of the Royal Navy, chairing the Navy Board. Held since May 2025 by General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the first Royal Marine in the post; predecessor Admiral Tony Radakin served 2019-2021.

First Secretary of State

First Secretary of State: senior UK Cabinet post created 16 July 1962 for R.A. Butler under Macmillan, denoting seniority over other secretaries of state; distinct from deputy prime minister; current holder Louise Haigh (2026).

First Seminole War

The First Seminole War (1817–1818) was an armed conflict in which US forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida to attack Seminole towns, helping bring about Spain's cession of Florida.

First Serbian Uprising (Први српски устанак)

First Serbian Uprising (Први српски устанак), also called the Serbian Revolution, was the 1804–1813 Serb revolt in the Pashalik of Belgrade led by Karađorđe against the Ottoman dahije, growing into an independence war with its own government before Ottoman reconquest in 1813.

First sergeant

First sergeant (1SG, 1stSgt): senior enlisted company-level position in the US military. Army and Marine Corps rank at E-8; Air Force special duty for E-7 to E-9 wearing a diamond; dates to von Steuben's 1779 Blue Book.

First seven ecumenical councils

The first seven ecumenical councils were church-wide synods held between 325 and 787, from Nicaea I to Nicaea II, defining doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation.

First Seven Kisses (첫 키스만 일곱번째)

First Seven Kisses (첫 키스만 일곱번째, Seven First Kisses) is a 2016 Lotte Duty Free promotional Korean web drama, 8 episodes on Naver TV Cast, starring Lee Cho-hee, Choi Ji-woo, and seven Hallyu stars including Lee Min-ho and Ji Chang-wook.

First Shanghai Incident

The First Shanghai Incident (第一次上海事変) was a Sino-Japanese war fought in Shanghai from 28 January to early March 1932, between Japanese forces and China's 19th Route Army.

First Shift (film)

First Shift (2024) is a crime drama directed, written, and produced by Uwe Boll, starring Gino Anthony Pesi and Kristen Renton as mismatched NYPD partners on a 12-hour Brooklyn shift; released August 30, 2024 by Quiver Distribution.

First Sicilian War

The First Sicilian War was Carthage's invasion of Sicily in 480 BC, led by Hamilcar and crushed by Gelon of Syracuse at the Battle of Himera.

First siege of Kaifeng (1126)

The first siege of Kaifeng (金军第一次围城) was the Jin dynasty's 1126 investment of the Northern Song capital Kaifeng, lifted after Song agreed to cede three prefectures and send a hostage prince.

First Sino-Japanese War (甲午战争)

First Sino-Japanese War (甲午战争; Japanese: 日清戦争), 1894–1895 war between Qing China and Meiji Japan over Korea, ending in Japan's victory, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, cession of Taiwan, and a 200-million-tael indemnity.

First Solar

First Solar, Inc. is an American photovoltaic module manufacturer headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1999, it is the only US-headquartered company among the world's largest solar manufacturers, making cadmium telluride thin film modules.

First Spanish Republic

First Spanish Republic (Primera República Española), 1873-1874: Spain's first republican regime, proclaimed 11 February 1873 after Amadeo I's abdication, with four presidents and a failed federal constitution, ended by the Pavía and Martínez Campos coups.

First Spark

First Spark, formally First Spark Ventures LLC, is a deep-tech venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2021 by Manish Kothari, formerly of SRI International.

First Special Service Force

First Special Service Force, also called the Devil's Brigade or Black Devils, was a joint US-Canadian WWII commando unit activated 9 July 1942 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana, which fought at Kiska, Monte La Difensa, Anzio, Rome, and southern France before disbanding 5 December 1944.

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (Первый отряд) is a 2009 Japan-Russia-Canada animated film by Studio 4°C and Molot Entertainment about Soviet teen psychics fighting Nazi occultists on the WWII Eastern Front.

First Step Act

First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), US federal criminal justice reform law signed December 21, 2018: earned time credits, PATTERN risk tool, retroactive Fair Sentencing Act, reduced mandatory minimums, expanded good time credit.