MySQL:
FIRST_VALUE
FIRST_VALUE(expr) [null_treatment] over_clause
Returns the value of expr from the first row of the window frame.
over_clause is as described in
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/window-functions-usage.html.
null_treatment is as described in the section introduction.
URL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/window-function-descriptions.html
Example
mysql> SELECT
time, subject, val,
FIRST_VALUE(val) OVER w AS 'first',
LAST_VALUE(val) OVER w AS 'last',
NTH_VALUE(val, 2) OVER w AS 'second',
NTH_VALUE(val, 4) OVER w AS 'fourth'
FROM observations
WINDOW w AS (PARTITION BY subject ORDER BY time
ROWS UNBOUNDED PRECEDING);
+----------+---------+------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| time | subject | val | first | last | second | fourth |
+----------+---------+------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 07:00:00 | st113 | 10 | 10 | 10 | NULL | NULL |
| 07:15:00 | st113 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | NULL |
| 07:30:00 | st113 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 9 | NULL |
| 07:45:00 | st113 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 20 |
| 07:00:00 | xh458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NULL | NULL |
| 07:15:00 | xh458 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | NULL |
| 07:30:00 | xh458 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | NULL |
| 07:45:00 | xh458 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 30 |
| 08:00:00 | xh458 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 30 |
+----------+---------+------+-------+------+--------+--------+