- First call
"First call" is a
bugle call with three distinct meanings.At a horse race, where the tune is also known as the Call to the Post, it is a signal that all mounts should be at the starting gate because the race is about to begin. The tune is usually sounded by a bugler five to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time of the race. The call serves a similar purpose in
dog racing .At a U.S.
military installation it is a pre- [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/18reveil.rm reveille] "courtesy" signal, sounded around 05:50, originally to assemble the trumpeteers to deliver the reveille that would be forthcoming at 06:00. Some locations also sound it a few minutes before [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/12retrt1.rm retreat] (lowering the flag at the end of the day).In other military contexts it may be used (e.g. 5 minutes) prior to sounding Assembly for any particular formation. Individuals who have not fallen in by the last note of Assembly may be considered late or AWOL.
earch engines
First call is a result that is the first to appear on a list for a search query. First call is used sometimes to measure a site's popularity, for example, searching on
Google for the subject and verifying the site's position on a list, if it is the first.External multimedia
* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/17first.mp3 MP3 file] , [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/17first.rm Real Media file] , FAS.org
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