<p>Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the <code>.first()</code> method constructs a new jQuery object from the first matching element.</p>
<p>Consider a page with a simple list on it:</p>
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<ul>
<li>list item 1</li>
<li>list item 2</li>
<li>list item 3</li>
<li>list item 4</li>
<li>list item 5</li>
</ul>
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<p>We can apply this method to the set of list items:</p>
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