The First property retrieves the number of the first article in the news group. You can use also the First property of the Articles object. Use the Item property to retrieve an article based on its number.

The following sample displays first article in each news group available on the news server:

Dim n As New EXNNTPLibCtl.NNTP

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim g As EXNNTPLibCtl.Group
    n.Connect "news.devx.com"
    For Each g In n.Groups
        Debug.Print g.Articles(g.First).Article
    Next
    n.Disconnect
End Sub