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There are two schools of thought on that matter.
1) Yes. The maximum amount of seats in the class are available at that time, so you have the "best" odds on getting one of those seats. This also depends on when the adcoms meet. If it's every other week, you may be pooled in with the 2nd or even 3rd/4th interview session.
2) No. Schools may not be as grab happy knowing that there are tons of other applicants out there, so they would be less likely to hand out acceptances but perhaps more waitlists/holds/deferrals.
Hope this helps. My best advice is to be yourself, no matter when your interview is. Most schools screen for interviewees, so each of them is qualified academically. It is at the interview that your personality, passion, and individuality must be presented and thus evaluated by the interviewers/adcoms.
I agree with HemaOncoDoc on this perspective. I didn't think I did that well at my NSUCOM interview, but I believe that I got an acceptance because I interviewed very early. In the same breath, I thought I did very well at my Touro-Nevada interview (which was the 1st day of interviews), but believe I got waitlisted because my GPA/MCAT are not nearly as competitive as future applicants will be.