First, she took a slice of pie and then left.
In this sentence, is it correct to use 'First, ... and then...'?
Yes, it's fine.
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First, she took a slice of pie and then left. This sounds a bit odd to me.
I'd say
eg First she took a slice of pie and then she left.
eg She took a slice of pie and then left.