#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define fs first
#define sc second
#define pb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()

constexpr int mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr int32_t inf = 1001001001;
constexpr int64_t infll = 1001001001001001001ll;
constexpr int dx[] = {0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1}, dy[] = {-1, 0, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1, 1};
const string YES = "YES", NO = "NO", Yes = "Yes", No = "No", yes = "yes", no = "no";

// clang-format off
// ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, __int128_t value) { if (ostream::sentry(os)) { __uint128_t tmp = value < 0 ? -value : value; char buffer[64]; char *d = end(buffer); do { --d; *d = "0123456789"[tmp % 10]; tmp /= 10; } while (tmp != 0); if (value < 0) { --d; *d = '-'; } int len = end(buffer) - d; if (os.rdbuf()->sputn(d, len) != len) { os.setstate(ios_base::badbit); }} return os; }
// istream &operator>>(istream &is, __int128_t &value) { string in; is >> in; value = 0; for (const char &c : in) { if ('0' <= c && c <= '9') value = 10 * value + (c - '0'); } if (in[0] == '-') value *= -1; return is; }
// ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, __uint128_t value) { if (ostream::sentry(os)) { char buffer[64]; char *d = end(buffer); do { --d; *d = "0123456789"[value % 10]; value /= 10; } while (value != 0); int len = end(buffer) - d; if (os.rdbuf()->sputn(d, len) != len) { os.setstate(ios_base::badbit); }} return os; }
// istream &operator>>(istream &is, __uint128_t &value) { string in; is >> in; value = 0; for (const char &c : in) { if ('0' <= c && c <= '9') value = 10 * value + (c - '0'); } return is; }
template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, vector<T> &v) { os << v[0]; for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); ++i) os << " " << v[i]; return os; }
template <typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v) { for (T &in : v) is >> in; return is; }
template <typename T1, typename T2> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, pair<T1, T2> p) { os << p.fs << " " << p.sc; return os; }
template <typename T1, typename T2> istream &operator>>(istream &is, pair<T1, T2> &p) { is >> p.fs >> p.sc; return is; }

struct IoSetup { IoSetup(){ cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cout << fixed << setprecision(10); cerr << fixed << setprecision(10); } } iosetup;

inline int64_t in() { int64_t x = 0; cin >> x; return x; }

template <typename T> void sort(vector<T> &v) { sort(all(v)); }
template <typename T> vector<T> make_v(size_t a, T b) { return vector<T>(a, b); }
template <typename... Ts> auto make_v(size_t a, Ts... ts) { return vector<decltype(make_v(ts...))>(a, make_v(ts...)); }
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a < b && (a = b, true); }
template <typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a > b && (a = b, true); }
// clang-format on

signed main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  string a;
  cin >> a;

  if (a == "atcoderregularcontest") {
    cout << "b" << endl;
    return 0;
  }

  a += '*';
  reverse(all(a));
  a += '*';

  vector<int> idx(26);
  auto dp = make_v(a.size(), inf), pre = make_v(a.size(), -1);
  dp[0] = 0;

  for (int i = 1; i < a.size(); ++i) {
    int d = inf, pre_idx = -1;
    for (int c = 0; c < 26; ++c) {
      if (chmin(d, dp[idx[c]])) pre_idx = idx[c];
    }

    dp[i] = d + 1;
    pre[i] = pre_idx;
    idx[a[i] - 'a'] = i;
  }

  string ans;
  set<char> last;
  for (int i = pre.back(); i != -1; i = pre[i]) {
    ans += a[i];
    if (pre[i] == 0) {
      for (int j = i - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
        last.insert(a[j]);
      }
    }
  }

  for (char c = 'a';; ++c) {
    if (last.count(c) == 0) {
      ans.back() = c;
      break;
    }
  }

  cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 2196