SelectOneChoice - showing the first value as the default?

Question

Using a selectOneChoice, how do you get the first value to show in the form as the default? It always displays a blank item when the form first comes up. I don't want the user to have to select a value for the defaults. I have 'selection required' on.
--------- .jspx page ------------
<af:selectOneChoice value="#{bindings.View1country.inputValue}".....>
<f:selectItems value="#{bindings.View1country.items}"/>
</af:selectOneChoice>
-------- pagedef xml ---------------
<list id="View1country" IterBinding="View1Iterator"
ListOperMode="0" StaticList="true">
<AttrNames>
<Item Value="country"/>
</AttrNames>
<ValueList>
<Item Value="United States"/>
<Item Value="Canada"/>
</ValueList>
</list>

Answer 1

thanks - I am using ADF BC read-only view objects, but I don't see anywhere to define the selection on the VO properties? I defined the list on the front-end .jspx page by adding a selectOneChoice and defining its properties.