GoldenEye (1995) Firsts

First appearance of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
First appearance of Judi Dench as M
First appearance of Samantha Bond as Ms. Moneypenny
First time the villain is a former Double-O
First time Bond was explicitly stated as working for MI6 and not Universal Exports
First appearance of Jack Wade (Joe Don Baker of TLD)
First time Bond goes to Russia and there is no Cold War
First time Bond drives a tank
First time that a film was named after one of Fleming's homes.
First 007 film in which Q Branch uses a German car instead of a British manufactured vehicle (BMW)
GoldenEye is the first Bond movie that was filmed in the former Soviet Union.
First re-appearance of the Aston Martin DB5
First appearance of computer hackers in a Bond film
First time e-mail is used
First Bond film to relate to the Information Age
First mention of the Internet
First appearance of the Russian Mafia
First mention of a cable television network (CNN)
First reference to the Persian Gulf War
First time a former deceased villain comes back to play an ally (Joe Don Baker of TLD)
First time 007 serves under a female commander (M)
First time that MI6 is headed by a woman
First appearance of a woman as a high-ranking official
First Bond filmed at Leavesdon studios Hertfordshire.
First mention of Bond's family history