using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Contest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            AGC029.D();
        }

        class AGC029
        {
            public static void A()
            {
                var S = Read.Str();
                long sum = 0;
                int current = 0;
                for(int i = 0; i < S.Length; ++i)
                {
                    if (S[i] == 'W')
                    {
                        sum += i - current;
                        current++;
                    }
                }
                Console.WriteLine(sum);
            }
            public static void B()
            {
                var N = Read.Int();
                var A = Read.LongN();
                var dict = new Dictionary<long, int>();
                foreach(var a in A)
                {
                    if (!dict.ContainsKey(a)) { dict.Add(a, 0); }
                    dict[a]++;
                }
                var keys = dict.Keys.OrderBy(x => -x).ToArray();
                int count = 0;
                long p2 = 1L << 40;
                foreach(var k in keys)
                {
                    while (p2 > k * 2) { p2 /= 2; }
                    var k2 = p2 - k;
                    if (k == k2) { count += dict[k] / 2; }
                    else
                    {
                        if (dict.ContainsKey(k2))
                        {
                            var pair = Math.Min(dict[k], dict[k2]);
                            count += pair;
                            dict[k2] -= pair;
                        }
                    }
                }
                Console.WriteLine(count);
            }
            public static void D()
            {
                var H = Read.Int();
                var W = Read.Int();
                var N = Read.Int();
                var XY = Read.TupleInt(N);
                int[] minY = Enumerable.Range(0, H + 1).Select(i => W + 1).ToArray();
                foreach(var xy in XY)
                {
                    minY[xy.Item1] = Math.Min(minY[xy.Item1], xy.Item2);
                }
                int maxY = 1;
                for(int h = 2; h <= H; ++h)
                {
                    if (minY[h] <= maxY) { Console.WriteLine(h - 1); return; }
                    if(minY[h] > maxY + 1) { maxY++; }
                }
                Console.WriteLine(H);
            }
        }


        class Util
        {
        }

        static class Read
        {
            static Queue<string> queue = new Queue<string>();
            static void Enqueue() { var ss = Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); foreach (var s in ss) { queue.Enqueue(s); } }
            public static int Int() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt32(queue.Dequeue()); }
            public static long Long() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt64(queue.Dequeue()); }
            public static string Str() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return queue.Dequeue(); }
            public static int[] IntN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt32(s)).ToArray(); }
            public static long[] LongN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt64(s)).ToArray(); }
            public static string[] StrN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); }
            public static Tuple<int, int>[] TupleInt(int n) { List<Tuple<int, int>> list = new List<Tuple<int, int>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.IntN(); list.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<long, long>[] TupleLong(int n) { List<Tuple<long, long>> list = new List<Tuple<long, long>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<long, long>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<string, string>[] TupleStr(int n) { List<Tuple<string, string>> list = new List<Tuple<string, string>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.StrN(); list.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static Tuple<double, double>[] TupleDouble(int n) { List<Tuple<double, double>> list = new List<Tuple<double, double>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<double, double>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
            public static long[,] LongMatrix(int r, int c)
            {
                var mat = new long[r, c];
                for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i)
                {
                    var x = Read.LongN();
                    for (int j = 0; j < c; ++j)
                    {
                        mat[i, j] = x[j];
                    }
                }
                return mat;
            }
            public static Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> AdjacencyList(int N, int M)
            {
                Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> dict = new Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>>();
                for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i)
                {
                    dict.Add(i, new HashSet<int>());
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i)
                {
                    var ab = Read.IntN();
                    dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1]);
                    dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0]);
                }
                return dict;
            }
            public static Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> AdjacencyListWithWeight(int N, int M)
            {
                Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> dict = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>>();
                for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i)
                {
                    dict.Add(i, new Dictionary<int, long>());
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i)
                {
                    var ab = Read.IntN();
                    dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1], ab[2]);
                    dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0], ab[2]);
                }
                return dict;
            }
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 30088