A question regarding the possibility of a certain type of relationship . . .

I have an intranet site that I'm trying to create a certain view on and not getting much success. The view involves two content types: one is a person-based (not users) content type and the other is an action-based (not actions-module-based) content type that references the person-based content type with a node reference field.

I want to be able to have a list of the person-based content types and include some data from the action-based content type, specifically, the most recent date. Using relationships, I can create a list of action-based content types that includes data from the person-based content type, but not the other way around.

Is it even possible to do what I want to do with Views?

If it's possible, but not through the UI, a pointer to relevant documentation would be appreciated.

Thank you.