December 1988: First fundraising effort launched in response to devastating earthquake.
	January 1989: First medical supplies shipped to Armenia.
	1989: First medical library opened in Armenia ~ it is FAR's longest continuous program.
	April 1990: First Fellow arrived in New York from Armenia to partake in three-month medical fellowship.
	1991: First shipments of clothes, bedding, shoes, and toys to Armenia and Karabagh airlifted by UAF.
	January 1992: First food shipment sent to Armenia via Turkey.
	1992: First housing project - the St. Vartan American-Armenian Village in Stepanavan - completed and opened to the public.
	1992: First Armenia office - in Yerevan - is opened.
	1993: First grant ($25,000 to purchase potatoes for orphans) awarded by Save the Children.
	1994: First national circulation of the new Armenian currency (dram) aided by FAR's sale of discounted food payable only with the dram.
	1996: First branch office - in Gyumri - is opened.
	June 1996: First international medical conference held in independent Armenia.
	June 1996: First FAR Young Professionals Trip took 21 Diasporans to Armenia.
	December 1997: First Karabagh office - in Stepanakert - is opened.
	September 1997: First reconstructed school - named after Catholicos Vasken I - is officially reopened.
	February 2000: First children's safe haven in Armenia (and in the former Soviet Union) opened.
	October 2002: First signing of a major U.S. government agency contract for Karabagh (which is not a recognized country) in USAID's history.