AngularJS Live Example

HTML

<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/angular-1.0.0rc5.min.js"></script>
<!doctype html>
<html ng-app="HelloApp">
<body ng-controller="myCtrl">
   <select class="fullWidth" ng-model="name_model" ng-selected="name_model"
    ng-options="user.name as user.description for user in users" required>
        <option ng-if="true" value=""> Please Select an Approver Type: </option>
        <option ng-if="true" value=""> Please Select One: </option>
    </select>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

angular.module('HelloApp', []).controller("myCtrl", function($scope){
    $scope.hello = "Hello";
    $scope.users = [{
            "id": "123",
            "description": "Tester",
            "name": "Jane"
        },
        {
            "id": "312",
            "description": "Dev",
            "name": "John"
        }];
});