[#bsl-Deque_Base-front-01] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/Deque_Base.adoc[Deque_Base]::front :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the first element in this deque. The behavior is undefined unless this deque is not empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_deque.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:bsl/Deque_Base/const_reference.adoc[Deque_Base<VALUE_TYPE>::const_reference] front() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#