Thanks Mark but that did not work. Here's the query:
SELECT LDR.LoanNumber
,LDR.StatusCode
,LDR.StatusCodeDate
,LDH.Item
FROM viewLoanDatatotalRetail AS LDR
INNER JOIN tblLoanDataLockHist AS LDH ON LDH.LoanNumber = LDR.LoanNumber
WHERE LDH.Item = (SELECT MIN(LDH.Item) FROM...