Use JSTL instead <c:forEach>.
<c:forEach items="#{bean.items}" var="item" varStatus="loop">
<c:if test="#{loop.first}">First</c:if>
<h:outputText value="#{item}" />
<c:if test="#{loop.last}">Last</c:if>
</c:forEach>
Or use Tomahawk <t:dataList>instead.
<t:dataList value="#{bean.items}" var="item" rowCountVar="count" rowIndexVar="index">
<h:outputText value="First" rendered="#{index == 0}" />
<h:outputText value="#{item}" />
<h:outputText value="Last" rendered="#{index + 1 == count}" />
</t:dataList>
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