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Olympic Firsts in Athens
•  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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