title: setting parameter drop down to the max date in the list
body: <p>An SSRS report has multiple parameters, each using it's own stored procedure and dataset.  The user first selects a school district from a drop down list.  From there, a second drop down populates with the schools in that district.  </p>
  
  <p>Once the user picks a school, a third drop down populates with a list of certification dates from which the user can select one.  All the queries and drop downs populate correctly.  </p>
  
  <p>How to display the most recent date instead of the <code>&lt;Select a Value&gt;</code>?  </p>
  
  <p>As an example, for school A, there are three dates from which the user can select one, the most recent being 07/30/2015.  The query sorts the dates in Desc order so I want the first one be the default, not <code>&lt;Select a Value&gt;</code>.  Rather than go into all the things I've tried, how can this be done?</p>