using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static Assistant.Input;
using static Assistant.Debug;
using System.Linq;
using Assistant;

namespace ABC103D
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var N = RInt;
            var M = RInt;

            Edge[] edges = new Edge[M];
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++)
            {
                int a = RInt - 1;
                int b = RInt - 1;
                edges[i] = new Edge() { start = a, end = b };
            }

            edges = edges.OrderBy(x => x.end).ToArray();

            int ans = 0;
            int last = -1;
            for (int i = 0; i < M; i++)
            {
                int a = edges[i].start;
                int b = edges[i].end;

                if (last < a)
                {
                    ans++;
                    last = b - 1;
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }

        struct Edge
        {
            public int start;
            public int end;
        }
    }


}

namespace Assistant
{
    static class Input
    {
        static List<string> line = new List<string>();
        static int index = 0;
        static String RNext()
        {
            if (line.Count <= index) line.AddRange(Console.ReadLine().Split());
            return line[index++];
        }
        public static int RInt => int.Parse(RNext());
        public static long RLong => long.Parse(RNext());
        public static int[] RInts => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
        public static long[] RLongs => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
        public static string RString => RNext();
        //以下未テスト
        public static int[] RIntsC(int c) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, c).Select(x => int.Parse(RNext())).ToArray();
        public static long[] RLongsC(int c) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, c).Select(x => long.Parse(RNext())).ToArray();
        public static char[][] RMap(int h) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, h).Select(x => Console.ReadLine().ToCharArray()).ToArray();
    }

    static class Debug
    {
        static public void Draw2D<T>(T[,] map, int mode = 1)
        {
#if DEBUG
            int W = map.GetLength(0);
            int H = map.GetLength(1);

            string[,] map2 = new string[W + 1, H + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < W + 1; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < H + 1; j++)
                {
                    if (i == 0 && j == 0) map2[i, j] = 0.ToString();
                    else if (i == 0) map2[i, j] = (j - 1).ToString();
                    else if (j == 0) map2[i, j] = (i - 1).ToString();
                    else map2[i, j] = map[i - 1, j - 1].ToString();
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < W + 1; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < H + 1; j++)
                {
                    if (mode == 0) Console.Write(map2[i, j].Last());
                    if (mode == 1) Console.Write(map2[i, j] + " ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
#endif
        }

        public static void Draw1D<T>(T[] array, int mode = 0)
        {
#if DEBUG
            Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", array));
#endif
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 34376