A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

I always tell her she is going to be the first female [master chief petty officer of the Navy]. She has a leadership ability you don't see out there every day.

There are only two classes - first class and no class.

When I get on a plane these days, I go first class.

I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation.