APEX

Hi APEX users,
I read about a similar thread on the subject but I am just as confused.

Simply I need assistance with the following:

I have a page that has many fields and one of those fields is DATE_RESOLVED. This is a DATE Picker field but I want this field to show the current system date every time the form loads/reloads BUT yet give the user the ability to change the date if they should choose to do so by way of the DATE Picker calendar.

How would I achieve this?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. My form is functioning just fine but I just need to achieve this one last date function.

Thanks in anticipation for your assistancel.

Rick