Mail window opens without mailboxes showing

When first opening the Mail app the default window opens without the side panel showing Mailboxes, Reminders .mac mailboxes etc.. I see there is a button in the top left menu bar that says "show", this will open the side column- great- but is there any way to control this occurance?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro 17"
OSX 10.7.3
2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Clarification:
Is there a way to apply a preference to open the mail window WITH side column showing? Currently, there is an extra step needed to get the mailboxes to show.

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