The FIRST FROM expression works in two steps: o It forms the record stream as specified by the record selection expression. o If at least one record matches the RSE, Oracle Rdb uses the values stored in the first record of the record stream to evaluate the value expression. Format (B)0[mfirst-from-expr qqq> [4mFIRST[m qqq> value-expr qqq> [4mFROM[m qqq> rse qqq>