i have a huge two column data, sample of it is:
name date
1 01-SEP-58
3 01-OCT-58
4 01-NOV-58
3 01-DEC-58
4 01-FEB-59
3 01-MAR-59

and i want to output the first date for each name,ie

1 01-SEP-58
3 01-OCT-58
4 01-NOV-58
thanks in advance.


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