diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTracker.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTracker.java
index 297c163ab..d37839eff 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTracker.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTracker.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import java.util.*;
  */
 public class RefMetaDataTracker {
     // TODO: this should be a list, not a map, actually
-
     private final static RODRecordList EMPTY_ROD_RECORD_LIST = new RODRecordListImpl("EMPTY");
 
     final Map<String, RODRecordList> map;
@@ -138,6 +137,26 @@ public class RefMetaDataTracker {
         return getFirstValue(rodBinding.getType(), rodBinding.getVariableName(), onlyAtThisLoc);
     }
 
+    public <T extends Feature> T getFirstValue(final Collection<RodBinding<T>> rodBindings) {
+        for ( RodBinding<T> rodBinding : rodBindings ) {
+            T val = getFirstValue(rodBinding);
+            if ( val != null )
+                return val;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public <T extends Feature> T getFirstValue(final Collection<RodBinding<T>> rodBindings, final GenomeLoc onlyAtThisLoc) {
+        for ( RodBinding<T> rodBinding : rodBindings ) {
+            T val = getFirstValue(rodBinding, onlyAtThisLoc);
+            if ( val != null )
+                return val;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+
     public boolean hasValues(final RodBinding rodBinding) {
         return hasValues(rodBinding.getVariableName());
     }
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest.java
index ab67e48e1..1e1c11ab8 100644
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest {
         RefMetaDataTracker tracker = test.makeTracker();
 
         for ( String nameAsString : Arrays.asList("A", "B") ) {
-            RodBinding<Feature> binding = new RodBinding(Feature.class, nameAsString, "none", new Tags());
+            RodBinding<Feature> binding = new RodBinding<Feature>(Feature.class, nameAsString, "none", new Tags());
             List<Feature> v1 = tracker.getValues(binding);
             testGetter(nameAsString, v1, test.expected(nameAsString), true, tracker);
 
@@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ public class RefMetaDataTrackerUnitTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(enabled = true, dataProvider = "tests")
+    public void testGettersAsListOfRodBindings(MyTest test) {
+        logger.warn("Testing " + test + " for get() methods for List<RodBindings>");
+        RefMetaDataTracker tracker = test.makeTracker();
+
+        String nameAsString = "A+B";
+        RodBinding<Feature> A = new RodBinding<Feature>(Feature.class, "A", "none", new Tags());
+        RodBinding<Feature> B = new RodBinding<Feature>(Feature.class, "B", "none", new Tags());
+        List<RodBinding<Feature>> binding = Arrays.asList(A, B);
+
+        List<Feature> v1 = tracker.getValues(binding);
+        testGetter(nameAsString, v1, test.expected(nameAsString), true, tracker);
+
+        List<Feature> v2 = tracker.getValues(binding, locus);
+        testGetter(nameAsString, v2, startingHere(test.expected(nameAsString)), true, tracker);
+
+        Feature v3 = tracker.getFirstValue(binding);
+        testGetter(nameAsString, Arrays.asList(v3), test.expected(nameAsString), false, tracker);
+
+        Feature v4 = tracker.getFirstValue(binding, locus);
+        testGetter(nameAsString, Arrays.asList(v4), startingHere(test.expected(nameAsString)), false, tracker);
+    }
+
     private List<GATKFeature> startingHere(List<GATKFeature> l) {
         List<GATKFeature> x = new ArrayList<GATKFeature>();
         for ( GATKFeature f : l ) if ( f.getStart() == locus.getStart() ) x.add(f);