Though it is doubtful if any reader either considered or cared about the fact in the excitement of that story, this sentence was much more than the opening line in a thrilling account of the running of the famed Miracle Mile at Vancouver; it was, in fact, this magazine's first official statement about a subject it has discussed in a variety of forms ever since. (si.com)
On Sunday, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) released its first official statement addressing the situation. (relevantmagazine.com)
The first official statement from the new PM came on 25 July 2007. (channel4.com)