• The widest spread of collegiate chapters than any other NPC group across the US
• The first women's fraternity to establish a minimun GPA to attain for its chapters
• Has the largest international presence
• The first women's fraternity with the PURPOSE/INTENT (as Sarah said) of being International
• The first women's fraternity to establish and international philanthropy
• The first NPC to accept a MINORITY (not just black) member
• The first to have an Executive Council
• One of the first Central Offices established by an NPC (now IHQ) which was in NYC at the time
• ** We kind of have 2 Founders Days... Our initial Founder's Day, May 30th, and International Reunion Day which replaced Founders Day, the 3rd Sat in April. But I think we all celebrate both
• First NPC to establish Life Membership Alumnae Dues
• Purchase of first fraternity owned International Headquarters
• First to make our hazing program, "See Through The Haze...To A Clearer Purpose " available to all Greek organizations and colleges/universities
  
  Im surprised no one said this as a fave/first fact:
• We have 2 crest. One for our US chapters and one for our Canadian ones, b/c they cant have a helmet in honor of the Queen Mum
  
• We have 2 big sisters, Alpha Phi (1872),and Gamma Phi Beta (1874). We make the Syracuse Three or Syracuse Triad
• Our magazine, The Quarterly, is not only sent to actives and alumnaes homes, but also to colleges/universities and other womens and men fraternities and anyone else interested.

And not being biased or anything, but I seriously did read somewhere, and I believe that it was the NPC website, that Alpha Phi sent out the initial invitations to sororities asking them to unite in a conference or congress as it was called at that time.