#![allow(unused_parens)]
#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! invec {
    ( $ t : ty ) => {{
        let mut s = String::new();
        match std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s) {
            Ok(0) => Vec::<$t>::new(),
            Ok(n) => s
                .trim()
                .split_whitespace()
                .map(|s| s.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                .collect::<Vec<$t>>(),
            Err(_) => Vec::<$t>::new(),
        }
    }};
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! get {
      ($t:ty) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              line.trim().parse::<$t>().unwrap()
          }
      };
      ($($t:ty),*) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              let mut iter = line.split_whitespace();
              (
                  $(iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap(),)*
              )
          }
      };
      ($t:ty; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_|
              get!($t)
          ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
      ($($t:ty),*; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_|
              get!($($t),*)
          ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
      ($t:ty ;;) => {
          {
              let mut line: String = String::new();
              std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
              line.split_whitespace()
                  .map(|t| t.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                  .collect::<Vec<_>>()
          }
      };
      ($t:ty ;; $n:expr) => {
          (0..$n).map(|_| get!($t ;;)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
      };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut s = {
            use std::io::Read;
            let mut s = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
            s
        };
        let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($iter:expr) => {};
    ($iter:expr, ) => {};

    ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
    ($iter:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, [$t:tt]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($next, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };
    ($iter:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($iter, usize) - 1
    };

    ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
macro_rules! mydbg {
    //($arg:expr) => (dbg!($arg))
    //($arg:expr) => (println!("{:?}",$arg));
      ($($a:expr),*) => {
          eprintln!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
      }
}
#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
macro_rules! mydbg {
    ($($arg:expr),*) => {};
}

macro_rules! echo {
    ($($a:expr),*) => {
          $(println!("{}",$a))*
      }
}

struct SliceDisplay<'a, T: 'a>(&'a [T]);
impl<'a, T: std::fmt::Display + 'a> std::fmt::Display for SliceDisplay<'a, T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
        for item in self.0 {
            write!(f, "{} ", item)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }
}

use std::cmp::*;
use std::collections::*;
use std::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, Sub};

#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_I64: i64 = 92233720368547758;
#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_I32: i32 = 21474836;
#[allow(dead_code)]
static INF_USIZE: usize = 18446744073709551;
#[allow(dead_code)]
static M_O_D: usize = 1000000007;
static PAI: f64 = 3.1415926535897932;

pub struct UnionFind {
    parent: Vec<i32>,
}
impl UnionFind {
    pub fn new(n: usize) -> Self {
        UnionFind {
            parent: vec![-1; n],
        }
    }
    pub fn root(&mut self, a: i32) -> i32 {
        if self.parent[a as usize] < 0 {
            return a;
        } else {
            let index = self.parent[a as usize];
            self.parent[a as usize] = self.root(index);
            return self.parent[a as usize];
        }
    }
    pub fn rank(&mut self, a: i32) -> i32 {
        let tmp = self.root(a);
        return -1 * self.parent[tmp as usize];
    }
    pub fn ranks(&mut self, ret: &mut Vec<i32>) -> bool {
        for item in self.parent.iter().filter(|&x| *x < 0) {
            ret.push(item.clone());
        }
        return true;
    }
    pub fn join(&mut self, a: i32, b: i32) -> bool {
        let mut a_root = self.root(a);
        let mut b_root = self.root(b);
        if (a_root == b_root) {
            return false;
        }
        if (self.rank(b_root) > self.rank(a_root)) {
            std::mem::swap(&mut a_root, &mut b_root);
        }
        self.parent[a_root as usize] += self.parent[b_root as usize];
        self.parent[b_root as usize] = a_root;
        return true;
    }
}

pub trait BinarySearch<T> {
    fn lower_bound(&self, x: &T) -> usize;
    fn upper_bound(&self, x: &T) -> usize;
}
impl<T: Ord> BinarySearch<T> for [T] {
    fn lower_bound(&self, x: &T) -> usize {
        let mut low = 0;
        let mut high = self.len();
        while low != high {
            let mid = (low + high) / 2;
            match self[mid].cmp(x) {
                Ordering::Less => {
                    low = mid + 1;
                }
                Ordering::Equal | Ordering::Greater => {
                    high = mid;
                }
            }
        }
        low
    }
    fn upper_bound(&self, x: &T) -> usize {
        let mut low = 0;
        let mut high = self.len();
        while low != high {
            let mid = (low + high) / 2;
            match self[mid].cmp(x) {
                Ordering::Less | Ordering::Equal => {
                    low = mid + 1;
                }
                Ordering::Greater => {
                    high = mid;
                }
            }
        }
        low
    }
}

#[derive(Debug)]
struct Pair {
    from: usize,
    to: usize,
}

impl Ord for Pair {
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Pair) -> Ordering {
        self.to.cmp(&other.to)
    }
}

impl PartialEq for Pair {
    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
        self.to == other.to
    }
}

impl Eq for Pair {}

impl PartialOrd for Pair {
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Pair) -> Option<Ordering> {
        self.to.partial_cmp(&other.to)
    }
}

fn main() {
    input! {
       n: usize,
       m:usize,
       pair:[(usize1,usize1);m],
    }

    let mut p = pair
        .iter()
        .map(|x| Pair { from: x.0, to: x.1 })
        .collect::<Vec<_>>();

    p.sort();
    mydbg!(p);
    let mut ans: usize = 0;
    let mut uf = UnionFind::new(n + 1);
    uf.join(0, 0);
    for i in 1..n {
        let l = p.lower_bound(&Pair { from: 0, to: i });
        let r = p.upper_bound(&Pair { from: 0, to: i });
        let mut f = true;
        for j in l..r {
            let q = &p[j];
            if i != q.to {
                continue;
            }
            if uf.root(q.from as i32) == uf.root(i as i32 - 1) {
                f = false;
            }
        }
        if f {
            uf.join(i as i32, i as i32 - 1);
        } else {
            uf.join(i as i32, i as i32);
            ans += 1;
        }
    }

    echo!(ans);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 10492