PostgreSQL WITH RECURSIVE order by in non recursive term - postgresql

Question

I am trying to create a recursive CTE and I wanted to fetch the row in the non recursive term from the table using ORDER BY but it seems impossible to do. Is there any workaround on this?
Example:
CREATE TABLE mytable (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
ref_id BIGINT NOT NULL,
previous_id BIGINT REFERENCES mytable(id),
some_name TEXT NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW()
);
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (1, NULL, 1, 'Barry');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (2, NULL, 1, 'Nick');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (3, 1, 2, 'Janet');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (4, 1, 1, 'John');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (5, 2, 7, 'Ron');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (6, 1, 1, 'Aaron');
INSERT INTO mytable (id, previous_id, ref_id, some_name) VALUES (7, 4, 1, 'Anna');
The query I am trying to construct
WITH RECURSIVE my_path AS (
SELECT * FROM mytable
WHERE ref_id = 1 AND some_name = 'Anna'
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 1
UNION ALL
SELECT ph.* FROM my_path hp
INNER JOIN mytable ph ON hp.previous_id = ph.id
)
SELECT * FROM my_path;
SQLFIDDLE

Answer 1

Just move it into a starter CTE:
updated fiddle
WITH RECURSIVE base_record as (
SELECT * FROM mytable
WHERE ref_id = 1 AND some_name = 'Anna'
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 1
), my_path AS (
SELECT * FROM base_record
UNION ALL
SELECT ph.* FROM my_path hp
INNER JOIN mytable ph ON hp.previous_id = ph.id
)
SELECT * FROM my_path;