diff --git a/addons/note/note.py b/addons/note/note.py
index 2d95b15107a..90c2cb9bc54 100644
--- a/addons/note/note.py
+++ b/addons/note/note.py
@@ -141,12 +141,19 @@ class note_note(osv.osv):
                 #note without user's stage
                 nb_notes_ws = self.search(cr,uid, domain+[('stage_ids', 'not in', current_stage_ids)], context=context, count=True)
                 if nb_notes_ws:
-                    result += [{ #notes for unknown stage and if stage_ids is not empty
-                        '__context': {'group_by': groupby[1:]},
-                        '__domain': domain + [('stage_ids', 'not in', current_stage_ids)],
-                        'stage_id': (0, 'Unknown'),
-                        'stage_id_count':nb_notes_ws
-                    }]
+                    # add note to the first column if it's the first stage
+                    dom_not_in = ('stage_ids', 'not in', current_stage_ids)
+                    if result and result[0]['stage_id'][0] == current_stage_ids[0]:
+                        dom_in = result[0]['__domain'].pop()
+                        result[0]['__domain'] = domain + ['|', dom_in, dom_not_in]
+                    else:
+                        # add the first stage column
+                        result = [{
+                            '__context': {'group_by': groupby[1:]},
+                            '__domain': domain + [dom_not_in],
+                            'stage_id': (current_stage_ids[0], stage_name[current_stage_ids[0]]),
+                            'stage_id_count':nb_notes_ws
+                        }] + result
 
             else: # if stage_ids is empty
 
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ class note_note(osv.osv):
                     result = [{ #notes for unknown stage
                         '__context': {'group_by': groupby[1:]},
                         '__domain': domain,
-                        'stage_id': (0, 'Unknown'),
+                        'stage_id': False,
                         'stage_id_count':nb_notes_ws
                     }]
                 else:
@@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ class res_users(osv.Model):
         model_id = data_obj.get_object_reference(cr, uid, 'base', 'group_user') #Employee Group
         group_id = model_id and model_id[1] or False
         if group_id in [x.id for x in user.groups_id]:
-            for note_xml_id in ['note_stage_01','note_stage_02','note_stage_03','note_stage_04']:
+            for note_xml_id in ['note_stage_00','note_stage_01','note_stage_02','note_stage_03','note_stage_04']:
                 data_id = data_obj._get_id(cr, uid, 'note', note_xml_id)
                 stage_id  = data_obj.browse(cr, uid, data_id, context=context).res_id
                 note_obj.copy(cr, uid, stage_id, default = { 
diff --git a/addons/note/note_data.xml b/addons/note/note_data.xml
index 592292788b3..376b8e9053f 100644
--- a/addons/note/note_data.xml
+++ b/addons/note/note_data.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 <openerp>
   <data>
 
+    <record model="note.stage" id="note_stage_00">
+      <field name="name">New</field>
+      <field name="sequence" eval="0"/>
+      <field name="user_id" eval="ref('base.user_root')"/>
+    </record>
+
     <record model="note.stage" id="note_stage_01">
       <field name="name">Today</field>
       <field name="sequence">1</field>