#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iomanip>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <tuple>
#include <cmath>
#include <numeric>
#include <functional>
#include <cassert>

#define debug_value(x) cerr << "line" << __LINE__ << ":<" << __func__ << ">:" << #x << "=" << x << endl;
#define debug(x) cerr << "line" << __LINE__ << ":<" << __func__ << ">:" << x << endl;

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;

template<typename T>
vector<vector<T>> vec2d(int n, int m, T v){
    return vector<vector<T>>(n, vector<T>(m, v));
}

template<typename T>
vector<vector<vector<T>>> vec3d(int n, int m, int k, T v){
    return vector<vector<vector<T>>>(n, vector<vector<T>>(m, vector<T>(k, v)));
}

template<typename T>
void print_vector(vector<T> v, char delimiter=' '){
    if(v.empty()) {
        cout << endl;
        return;
    }
    for(int i = 0; i+1 < v.size(); i++) cout << v[i] << delimiter;
    cout << v.back() << endl;
}
const ll INF = 1e+15;

typedef pair<ll, int> P;

struct edge{
    int to;
    ll cost;
};

vector<ll> dijkstra(int s, vector<vector<edge>> G){
    priority_queue<P, vector<P>, greater<P>> que;
    int n = G.size();
    vector<ll> d(n, INF);
    d[s] = 0;
    que.push(P(0, s));
    while(!que.empty()){
        P p = que.top();que.pop();
        int v = p.second;
        if(d[v] < p.first) continue;
        for(int i = 0; i < G[v].size(); i++){
            edge e = G[v][i];
            if(d[v] + e.cost < d[e.to]){
                d[e.to] = d[v] + e.cost;
                que.push(P(d[e.to], e.to));
            }
        }
    }
    return d;
}
int main(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout << setprecision(10) << fixed;
    int n; cin >> n;
    vector<vector<edge>> g(n);
    for(int i = 1; i < n; i++){
        g[i].push_back(edge{i-1, 0});
    }
    for(int i = 0; i < n-1; i++){
        int r; cin >> r; r--;
        g[i].push_back(edge{r, 1});
    }
    cout << dijkstra(0, g)[n-1] << endl;
}