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Siliy question about the UNIQUE keyword in a logical file.

Silly question about the UNIQUE keyword in a logical file.
I have a physical file keyed on account number. Included in the file is a field for the name. I want a logical file of unique names. There will be many duplicate names, but I only need any one of them.
It seems to me that I want a logical keyed on name, only, since I don't care about having duplicates. How to do this? UNIQUE is not the answer. It works if I use Unique and key on name & account. But that gives me a lot of duplicate names. It works but looks messy. 

Am I missing something obvious?

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