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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	The number of first visits by type of treatment (not adjusted for changes in quality) is a B method. If a distinction by type of treatment cannot be made the number of first visits is not the appropriate indicator. So, it's after 6 years that we have a first year student as our Miss Shioichi. year student. Positive laying flocks shall be counted only once, irrespective of the number of sampling and testing operations and only be reported in the first year of detection. My brother is a first Overall the number of Erasmus students keeps growing as the first figures for the academic year 2007/2008 suggest. As in the case of medical specialists the number of first visits can be assumed to indicate the number of complete treatments.

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The number of first visits by type of treatment (not adjusted for changes in quality) is a B method.
If a distinction by type of treatment cannot be made the number of first visits is not the appropriate indicator.
So, it's after 6 years that we have a first year student as our Miss Shioichi.
year student.
Positive laying flocks shall be counted only once, irrespective of the number of sampling and testing operations and only be reported in the first year of detection.
My brother is a first
Overall the number of Erasmus students keeps growing as the first figures for the academic year 2007/2008 suggest.
As in the case of medical specialists the number of first visits can be assumed to indicate the number of complete treatments.