Can no longer put full screen apps to the left of 1st desktop in 10.9.3

Hello All
I was a huge fan of the Spaces feature back in OS 10.5 Leopard, but conceded to the change with Mission Control replacing Expose.
I had a particular setup that I liked with the old expose, and had to change that due to Lion and ML not supporting it.
Then Mavericks came along and fixed it. Until 10.9.3.
My setup was having Mail on the left, main desktop in the middle, and iTunes on the right.
Sorry for the storytelling (bad habit), so does anyone know how to restore the ability to put a fullscreen app to the left of the first desktop in 10.9.3?
Thanks,
xeni

I just made Safari full screen, by click on the arrows in the upper right corner.
Did a 4 finger swipe up, to gain access to Mission Control.
Then dragged the Safari way over to the left.
So now I have a full screen Safari on the left, an empty desktop in the second position (labeled as Desktop 1), Desktop 2 in the 3rd position with Calendar opened, Desktop 3 with Mail and Desktop 4 with Notes, Stickies and Reminders.
KOT

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