Automator problem importing photo to iphoto...

Hello Apple Community,
I am new to Apple and loving it. Upon learning this beast of a machine and making my rounds, I have recently discovered Automator. Although I am struggling to find everyday real uses for it, there have been a few shortcuts I have realized may actually help.
Once particular instance that I am having dificulties with, is simply adding a folder action to a specific folder and then having it import any newly added items into iPhoto and then delete the items from the folder.
When I run the process, it only imports and deletes the first pic in the folder. All remaining files are left untouched.
Any help would be appreciated.
iMac Lover

Thanks for the response guys, I have read that link and it seems to me that I am doing things right.
It is a simple workflow, with one instruction in it...
Just like yours Frank, Mine is the same, but a different folder...
Oddly enough, I just dropped files in the folder and it worked for all files, but then it stumbled again for the next batch of photos. I did not make any changes in between.
Hmmm, ghost in the machine maybe?
Patiently awaiting a response,
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