Green’s Dictionary of Slang

A-number-one n.

also A No.1
[i.e. ‘the first’; var. on number one n. (1)]

(US) oneself.

[US]G. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 396: A No. 1. Used in place of the personal pronoun.
[US]J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 397: She just looks out for A-Number-One in every way that she can.