Help on fetch XML

I have the following XML to generate a report. new_item has multiple entries of 'open balance' as well as other data, due to the way the data is set.

each entry has a new_clientcleared date. how can I modify this to only show the oldest ( ie first open balance) yet still show the remainder of the data

<fetch distinct="false" no-lock="false" mapping="logical" >

<entity name="new_dbfmlivedata" enableprefiltering="1" prefilterparametername="CRM_Filterednew_dbfmlivedata" >

<attribute name="new_item" alias="new_item" />

<attribute name="new_clientcleareddate" alias="new_clientcleareddate" />

<attribute name="new_value" alias="new_value" />

<attribute name="new_processed" alias="new_processed" />

<attribute name="new_dbfmlivedataid" />

<attribute name="new_new_fileserial" />

<attribute name="new_value_base" />

<order attribute="new_clientcleareddate" descending="false" />

<link-entity name="transactioncurrency" to="transactioncurrencyid" from="transactioncurrencyid" link-type="outer" alias="LE_effb0c2675bc4f2b81d50e4cada77891" >

<attribute name="currencysymbol" alias="LE_effb0c2675bc4f2b81d50e4cada77891_currencysymbol" />

<attribute name="currencyprecision" alias="LE_effb0c2675bc4f2b81d50e4cada77891_currencyprecision" />

</link-entity>

</entity>

</fetch>