Add List.first.

runtime/lib/byte_array.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 patch class Int8List {
   /* patch */ factory Int8List(int length) {
     return new _Int8Array(length);
   }
 
   /* patch */ factory Int8List.view(ByteArray array,
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   void clear() {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
   int removeLast() {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
+  get first {
+    return this[0];
+  }
+
   get last {
     return this[length - 1];
   }
 
   void removeRange(int start, int length) {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
   void insertRange(int start, int length, [initialValue]) {
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   void clear() {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
   int removeLast() {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
+  get first {
+    return this[0];
+  }
+
   get last {
     return this[length - 1];
   }
 
   void removeRange(int start, int length) {
     throw new UnsupportedError(
         "Cannot remove from a non-extendable array");
   }
 
   void insertRange(int start, int length, [initialValue]) {
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     }
     _rangeCheck(this.length, start, length);
     return _array.subByteArray(_offset + start, length);
   }
 
   static const int _BYTES_PER_ELEMENT = 8;
   final ByteArray _array;
   final int _offset;
   final int _length;
 }