Finding The Value Of First Element

Hi,
I'm trying to look at an element and find its name, but I don't know how embedded it will be or if there will be multiples.

example input:
<root>
<thing>
<name>Example 1</name>
</thing>

<thing>
<individual>
<name>Example 2</name>
</individual>
</thing>
<thing>
<name>Example 3</name>
<individual>
<name>Example 4</name>
</individual>
</thing>
</root>



I was using:
<xsl:for-each select="//thing">
Name: <xsl:value-of select=".//name"/>
</xsl:for-each>


That did what I wanted for every thing but the third example. I just want the first name.
the result should end up being:
Name: Example 3

Not:
Name Examle 3Example4



I tried this and the result did not change:
<xsl:value-of select=".//name[1]"/>

How do I find the first name tag without knowing the path to it? Is this possible?
Thanks,
Stan