  We present a catalogue comprising over 10000 QSOs covering an effective area
of 289.6 sq. degrees, based on spectroscopic observations with the 2-degree
Field instrument at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. This catalogue forms the
first release of the 2-degree Field QSO Redshift Survey. QSO candidates with
18.25<b_J<20.85 were obtained from a single homogeneous colour-selected
catalogue based on APM measurements of UK Schmidt photographic material. The
final catalogue will contain approximately 25000 QSOs and will be released to
the public at the end of 2002, one year after the observational phase is
concluded.
