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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
    <chapter>Chapter A</chapter>
    <chapter>Chapter B</chapter>
    <chapter>Chapter C</chapter>
    <chapter>Chapter D</chapter>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
      version="1.0"
      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:variable name="text">Chapter</xsl:variable>
    <xsl:template match="/">
      <TABLE>
        <xsl:for-each select="//chapter">
          <TR>
            <TD>
              <xsl:variable name="text">
                <xsl:choose>
                  <xsl:when test="position() = 1">First chapter</xsl:when>
                  <xsl:when test="position()=last()">Last chapter</xsl:when>
                  <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
                  </xsl:otherwise>
                </xsl:choose>
              </xsl:variable>
              <xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
              <xsl:text> : </xsl:text>
              <xsl:value-of select="."/>
            </TD>
          </TR>
        </xsl:for-each>
      </TABLE>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><TD>First chapter : Chapter A</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter : Chapter B</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter : Chapter C</TD></TR><TR><TD>Last chapter : Chapter D</TD></TR></TABLE>