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March 8, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: VA-I Separate Account of First UNUM Life Insurance Company
Registration Number 811-6455; CIK 0000880642
Section 30d-2 Filing
Commissioners:
As a required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant, a registered unit investment trust, recently mailed to its
securities holders the annual reports for the underlying management investment
companies (the "Underlying Funds"). This filing constitutes the filing of those
reports required by Rule 30d-2.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-2, the Underlying Funds already have or will soon file
their annual reports with the Commission via EDGAR. Those filings are
identified below:
The Annual Report of the Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Fund
(VIP-ANN: CIK 0000814066 and CCC EDGAR#02) 2/26/96
The Annual Report of the Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II
(VIPII-ANN: CIK 0000831016 and CCC EDGAR#02) 2/26/96
The Annual Report of the Dreyfus Stock Index Fund
(CIK 0000846800 and CCC $29MAINE) 3/5/96
The Annual Report of the Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
(CIK 0000846800 and CCC $29MAINE) 3/8/96
The Annual Report of the Twentieth Century TCI Portfolios, Inc.
(CIK 0000814680, Accession #0000814680-96-000004) 2/21/96
The Annual Report of the Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced Portfolio
(CIK 0000708950 and CCC v$yor5ri) 3/11/96
The Annual Report of the T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio
(CIK 0000918292, Accession #0000918292-96-000011) 2/23/96
To the extent necessary those electronic filings are incorporated herein by
reference.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Ann C. Madigan
Ann C. Madigan
Sr. Compliance Associate
(207) 770-3632