[jQuery] non-recursive find?

[Ari]

Hi,
I parse XML with JQuery and my XML looks like this:

<record>
    <NodeType_1>
        <NodeType_2/>
   </NodeType_1>

    <NodeType_2>
       <NodeType_3/>
   </NodeType_2>

   <NodeType_4/>
</record>

I need to group first level of nodes by their types according certain
rules. So I have now something like this:
Nodes_A = $(xml).children().find("NodeType_2,NodeType_4");
Nodes_B = $(xml).children().find("NodeType_1,NodeType_5");

The problem is that find is recursive and I only need the first level.
Is there a way to do this with JQuery?

I'll appreciate any help,
Ari