• A record number for the ATHENS 2004 Volunteers Programme: Volunteer applications exceeded 160.000.
• The ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay is the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave birth to the Games.
• 韋he Olympic flame has traveled to Africa and Latin America for the first time. A total of 260 million people have seen the Flame in their city.
• Women鈥檚 Sabre is included for the first time in the Olympic Fencing competition schedule.
• Two hundred and two National Olympic Committees are going to participate in the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
• All TOP V sponsors renewed their Olympic Sponsorship deals at the earliest date ever, demonstrating their confidence in the successful hosting of the 2004 Games.
• All functional pictograms have been redesigned specifically for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
• The official Volunteer Application Form was, for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, available in French through the ATHENS 2004 website.
• For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the entire official website is trilingual (Greek, English and French) two and a half years before the Games.
• For the first time, the Olympic Newspaper will be available via the official website.
• For the first time in Tennis, points accumulated during Olympic matches will contribute to athlete鈥檚 world ranking positions.
• For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, all the Aquatics events will be held in one venue, at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex 鈥 OAKA Olympic Aquatic Centre.
• The Olympic flame will visit for the first time all 54 Prefectures in Greece.
• For the first time in the history of Boxing, camera equipment will be used for the verification of results.
• ATHOC鈥檚 鈥榝loating hotels鈥 hospitality programme is the biggest ever in the history of the Olympic Games.
• For the first time the visual identity manual for the Olympic Games is available in electronic format.
• Women´s Wrestling will be part of the Olympic Competition schedule for the first time during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
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Olympic Firsts in Athens