<xsl:template match="ElementList">
   	<xsl:apply-templates select="Element"/>
   </xsl:template>
   <xsl:template match="Element">
   	<xsl:if test="???[@Type='2'][position()=1]">
   		do something
   	</xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
   
either

<xsl:template match="ElementList">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="Element"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Element">
	<xsl:if test="@Type='2' and not(preceding-sibling::element[@type=2])">
		do something
	</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

or


<xsl:template match="Element">
<!-- do nothing -->
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Element[@type=2][position()=1]">
  do something
</xsl:template>



or

<xsl:template match="ElementList">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="Element[@Type='2'][position()=1]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Element">
		do something
</xsl:template>

David

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