What He Remembers

The following (IN BOLD) is what my friend recalled after I read to him each item.

1. 870314
2.71505436
3.2166872545
4.681437952470 ( he got overwhelmed)
5.284393482551
6.TSYLQP
7.CIMWODXA
8.QWERTYUIP
9.KWUCRALNYWGSJ (Flustered)
10.LABONNEMAISON
11. Leaf, Gift, Car, Fish, Rock
12. Paper, Seat, Tire, Horse, Film, Beach, Tree, Brush
13.Bag, Key, Book, Wire, Box, Wheel, Bananna, Floor, Bar, Pad, Black. Radio, Boy
14. Love, Emotion, Plan, Attempt, Rule, Law, Analysis, System, Fine, Payment
15. While I Was Walking Through The Woods a Rabbit Ran Across My Path

It seems that he remembers the first words and the last words, but has a harder time remembering the words, letters or numbers in-between. He stated that when he was trying to remember the last words/letters or numbers, he was forgetting the first and vice versa. He remembered the sentence perfectly probably because we think in syntax and words all together mean something to us.
        It was hardest for him to remember the numbers, the letters were a bit easier, the words were even easier and the sentence was easy as pie. The numbers and letters didnt mean anything to him ( maybe because he couldnt relate letters or numbers to anything meaningful) so he had a harder time remembering them.