# XML.firstChild

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    my_xml.firstChild

#### Description

Property (read-only); evaluates the specified XML object and references the first child in the parent node's children list. This property is `null` if the node does not have children. This property is undefined if the node is a text node. This is a read-only property and cannot be used to manipulate child nodes; use the methods `appendChild`, `insertBefore`, and `removeNode` to manipulate child nodes.

#### See also

`XML.appendChild()`, `XML.insertBefore()`, `XML.removeNode()`