import type { FunctionDefinition } from '../../definition_types';
/**
 * An alias for `FIRST` where
 * the sort field (the second parameter) is implicit and is set to `@timestamp`.
 *
 * @example
 *         @timestamp        |  name   | number
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z | alpha   | 1"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:01.000Z | alpha   | 2"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:02.000Z | bravo   | null"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:03.000Z | alpha   | 4"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:04.000Z | bravo   | 5"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:05.000Z | charlie | [6, 7, 8]"
 * "2025-11-25T00:00:06.000Z | delta   | null"
 *
 * From dataset
 * | STATS value = EARLIEST(number)
 */
declare const definition: FunctionDefinition;
export default definition;
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