Backup up an old iphone for the first time ever...

I'm helping a friend transfer data (over 1,000 photos and some notes) from her old iPhone to a new one. When connecting to iTunes for the first time with the old phone, it wants to set everything up for the first time and I'm afraid it will erase everything BEFORE we get a chance to back it up.
Are my assumptions incorrect? How do we avoid losing her data and get a sucessful first-time back up? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.... THANKS!

Yes.
Take a look at this document: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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