complex numbers from real closed fields

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I am very interested in first order axiomatizations of the complex numbers, but I have never actually seen one laid out. Algebraically closed fields of characteristic zero are a start, but they don't have any axioms handling the real and imaginary parts, or any kind of metric/partial order. A field extension of real closed fields would probably do the job. Most articles on real closed fields mention that this is possible, but I haven't seen any that actually lay it out axiomatically. Could anyone point me to resources on the topic?