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$first (aggregation)¶
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Definition¶
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$first
¶ Returns the value that results from applying an expression to the first document in a group of documents that share the same group by key. Only meaningful when documents are in a defined order.
$first
is only available in the$group
stage.$first
has the following syntax:For more information on expressions, see Expressions.