Wiktionary
first choices
n. (first choice English)
Usage examples of "first choices".
They'll probably be among our first choices for scouts since they're light and know what they're doing.
That river he had indicated lay well to the north, beyond the bays which he had said would be the first choices of the sea lords.
Using pictures conjured up by Bunny on her PDA, Bytina, I managed to point out images of Klahds who were not too limited, not too unpopular, and a bit more sentient than their first choices.
He was my bet for the spell, too, but only because he was always one of my first choices when something nasty happened to me in the court.