>> Is it possible to write an XPath to return a node
>> list that contains both the first attribute of the
>> employee and the City element of the address?

My bad. I missed the "node list" part of this and was thinking just a 
string.

As David Carlisle indicates, you can't get a node list.

Sorry for the oversight.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)