First Article Inspection A first article inspection shall be performed on all quality program production orders. The first article shall be noted on the Manufacturing Operations Sheet. The first article shall be recorded on an inspection form, to be maintained by Quality Control. All records are to be kept on file in the Quality control area. The first article must be acceptable prior to the release for production to be run for that operation. This may consist of one or more characteristics as noted on the Manufacturing Operations Sheet and includes all operations up to the prior inspection. Correction of operations to produce an acceptable first article do not require a formal corrective action. Back to QC Table of Contents This page is best viewed with a screen resolution of 800x600 or higher with Netscape 4.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0.