#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define LLI long long int
#define FOR(v, a, b) for(LLI v = (a); v < (b); ++v)
#define FORE(v, a, b) for(LLI v = (a); v <= (b); ++v)
#define REP(v, n) FOR(v, 0, n)
#define REPE(v, n) FORE(v, 0, n)
#define REV(v, a, b) for(LLI v = (a); v >= (b); --v)
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define ITR(it, c) for(auto it = (c).begin(); it != (c).end(); ++it)
#define RITR(it, c) for(auto it = (c).rbegin(); it != (c).rend(); ++it)
#define EXIST(c,x) ((c).find(x) != (c).end())
#define fst first
#define snd second
#define popcount __builtin_popcount
#define UNIQ(v) (v).erase(unique(ALL(v)), (v).end())
#define bit(i) (1LL<<(i))

#ifdef DEBUG
#include <misc/C++/Debug.cpp>
#else
#define dump(...) ((void)0)
#endif

#define gcd __gcd

using namespace std;
template <class T> constexpr T lcm(T m, T n){return m/gcd(m,n)*n;}

template <typename I> void join(ostream &ost, I s, I t, string d=" "){for(auto i=s; i!=t; ++i){if(i!=s)ost<<d; ost<<*i;}ost<<endl;}
template <typename T> istream& operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v){for(auto &a : v) is >> a; return is;}

template <typename T, typename U> bool chmin(T &a, const U &b){return (a>b ? a=b, true : false);}
template <typename T, typename U> bool chmax(T &a, const U &b){return (a<b ? a=b, true : false);}
template <typename T, size_t N, typename U> void fill_array(T (&a)[N], const U &v){fill((U*)a, (U*)(a+N), v);}

struct Init{
  Init(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(12);
    cerr << fixed << setprecision(12);
  }
}init;

int main(){
  int N;
  while(cin >> N){
    vector<int> a(N); cin >> a;
    vector<bool> check(N);
    map<int,vector<int>> pos;

    map<int,int> count;
    REP(i,N){
      count[a[i]] += 1;
      pos[a[i]].push_back(i);
    }

    RITR(it, count){
      auto &[x,c] = *it;

      for(auto &i : pos[x]){
        bool f = true;
        if(i-1 >= 0 and check[i-1] and a[i-1] != x) f = false;
        if(i+1 < N and check[i+1] and a[i+1] != x) f = false;

        if(f){
          check[i] = true;
        }
      }
    }
    

    

    int ans = 0;
    REP(i,N) if(check[i]) ++ans;

    cout << ans << endl;
  }


  return 0;
}