First item of a for-each

When using a ..

<xsl:for-each select="item[***]">

</xsl:for-each>

How can I work out when Im in the first loop. My node set has a
predicate on it so I don't know where I am in the sequence but want to
do something special in the first loop??

Help!


Yours, Trish 

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