Get phone number for multiple recipients in android

Question

In android, when an SMS is sent to more than one recipient, an SMS stream is created. In addition to this, separate entries are created in the SMS table for each SMS, each of which has the same thread_id. These entries have an address field from which the recipient address can be read.

Question:

Is there a more efficient way to read recipient addresses from an entry in the stream table itself?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!