Exporting to MP4 Format. First Slide Has Dead Time

[maesoph]

I am making a slide presentation that is to be integrated into a GoPro video. It works extremely well and it really cool, but has one glitch. The first slide has about 5 seconds of dead time that absolutely shouldn't be there. There are no transition or animation delays or anything of the sort that I can find. Of course, this glitch cannot be seen during a slide preview or anything of the sort, I have to generate the MP4 and no matter what I try, it's always there. I have attached the file. It's probably something simple and embarrassing. Any help you can provide would be appreciated.