echo first row of data into page title - php

Question

I have a table of contacts and a search form the returns the contact searched for. All work fine as it should. But is it possible to show an instance of the first row only in a separate div or span at top of page? I have seen this done in MS Access, is it possible in php? Here is my search query but I have no idea how to echo or show the first row only into a title or heading div.
$sql = "SELECT * FROM people";
if( isset($_GET['search']) ){
$name = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, htmlspecialchars($_GET['search']));
$name2 = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, htmlspecialchars($_GET['search2']));
$sql = "SELECT * FROM people WHERE first_name ='$name' AND last_name= '$name2'";
}
$result = $con->query($sql);
?>
<?php
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['people_id']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['first_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['last_name']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['address']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['contact']; ?></td>
</tr>
}

Answer 1

I just would do it like this (updated answer):
$tableData = [];
$divData = "";
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
// empty tableData --> first row
if (empty($tableData)) {
// do your special for the first row here (div)
$divData = "hello world! ".$row['first_name']." ".$row['last_name'];
}
$tableData[] ="<tr>
<td>".$row['people_id']."</td>
<td>".$row['first_name']."</td>
<td>".$row['last_name']."</td>
<td>".$row['address']."</td>
<td>".$row['contact']."</td>
</tr>";
}
echo "<div>".$divData."</div>";
echo "<table>";
echo implode("\n", $tableData);
echo "</table>";