First Regular Day or Night Admission

Change History
DSCN (2008) 07 (W)	The Introduction of Valid Period Date Ranges for Data Items within the APC Data Set

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

Data Set / Collection	Valid From	Valid To
APC ds99	1^st April 1999

This identifies the first attendance in a sequence of regular admissions.

Format: 1 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
0	first in a series	1^st May 1998
1	subsequent to first in a series	1^st May 1998
8	Not applicable	1^st May 1998
9	Date not known	1^st May 1998	20^th January 2002