The first entry is a list is at position 0. code example
Example: python append to first index
In [1]: ls = [1,2,3]
In [2]: ls.insert(0, "new")
In [3]: ls
Out[3]: ['new', 1, 2, 3]
In [1]: ls = [1,2,3]
In [2]: ls.insert(0, "new")
In [3]: ls
Out[3]: ['new', 1, 2, 3]