I will bite in with the regulations here in South Africa.
Incoming mains is fed to a master disconnect switch, then to a bus bar in the board. There it is fed to MCB's for lighting, water heating and for the stove. The bus also feeds a RCD that then feeds a separate RCD protected bus bar and a separate neutral bar. This bus then feeds the socket outlets via 20A MCB devices, as the requirement is that all socket outlets that can take a standard 16A SA standard plugtop must be protected by a RCD device and a MCB.
The alternate uses the RCD as the incoming isolation switch, with all loads connected downstream via MCB units of the RCD being protected by the RCD unit. This is allowed as the RCD devices certified for use here are usable as disconnectors ( large enough contact spacing when off, denoted by a green trip handle, there are some with both RCD and overcurrent combined, but they are both uncommon and a special order item). While used often in low cost Rediboards ( a complete solution with incoming power, prepayment meter indoor unit, a set of 4 breakers using 7 of the 10 available positions in the board, a single bulkhead light unit with a switch, and 2 16A switched socket outlets all fed by a 10mm split concentric cable with 2 signal wires in the bundle) the first option is preferred in larger houses, as this allows you to have a sub board for the swimming pool which will not trip the whole house if it gets wet, or if the water heater or stove elements get a little leaky to earth ( safe as they are earth bonded to the supply earthing point, and have a MCB for overcurrent protection) but are still functional.
I prefer to have separate RCD units for the stove and water heater, and separate ones for socket outlets. A little more expensive ( OK a lot more) but a lot safer, as a single leakage will not switch all power off, but will isolate an island of load so that it is easier to do basic fault finding to isolate faulty equipment. I have distribution boards with up to 4 RCD devices, 1 per phase of standard sockets and the last for the 3 phase socket outlets.