From Russia with Love (1963) Firsts

First pre-title action sequence
First hit theme song
First appearance of the back of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's head
First appearance of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's white Persian cat
First mention of SMERSH
First relationship of any kind with the Russians
First time Bond is in love with a Russian
First appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q
First Q gadget (The breifcase)
First villian with a gadget (Grant's watch)
First Bond boat chase
First appearance of Walter Gotell (Later played General Gogol)
Bond's first unofficial marriage (Mr. and Mrs. Sommerset)
First returning Bond girl (Sylvia Trench)
First time Bond uses any kind of wireless communication device (the beeper)
First returning villain's voice (Blofeld was played by Anthony Dawson-Dent in Dr. No)
First time Bond is being chased by a helicopter
First fight on a train
First appearance of Bond's Bentley
The first time the girl waits for him when he enters the room.
The first time to use the 007 theme.
The first time Bond is in a mediterranean country.
First defection (even though it organized by SPECTRE)
First appearance of a car phone
First time 007 drives a pickup truck (1960 Chevrolet C30 flatbed)
First time a wristwatch contained gadgetry
First time 007 goes to Venice, Italy
First time the villain avenges a colleague's death (Blofeld is angry over Dr. No's death)
First time another Cubby Broccoli/Saltzman production appears in a Bond film (the poster for the film Call Me Bwana)