How to extract first name using regex? -

my input string looks this:

employee: joe banana department: sales  location: new york  bla bla bla  note:  more bla 

this regex trick extracting full name, i.e. joe banana

(?s).*(?-s)(?m)^\s*(employee): .*\s(.*)$(?-m)(?s).*(?-s)(?m)^\s*(note):$(?-m)(?s).* 

however doesn't work first name, extract department instead:

(?s).*(?-s)(?m)^\s*(employee): (.*)\s.*$(?-m)(?s).*(?-s)(?m)^\s*(note):$(?-m)(?s).* 

why don't these regex extract first name , last name?

i need keep searching groups need stop searching after note:

try one, first match group first name second match group last name :

(?m)^employee:\s+(w+)\s+(w+)

or replace (.*) (w+)\s+(w+) in regex :

(?s).(?-s)(?m)^\s(employee): .\s(w+)\s+(w+)$(?-m)(?s).(?-s)(?m)^\s*(note):$(?-m)(?s).*