Neat way to write loop that has special logic for the first item in a collection

Question

Often I have to code a loop that needs a special case for the first item, the code never seems as clear as it should ideally be.

Short of a redesign of the C# language,

Answer 1

I'd be tempted to use a bit of linq

using System.Linq;

var theCollectionImWorkingOn = ...

var firstItem = theCollectionImWorkingOn.First();
firstItem.DoSomeWork();

foreach(var item in theCollectionImWorkingOn.Skip(1))
{
    item.DoSomeOtherWork();
}