const INF: usize = 1usize << 60;

#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct SegmentTree<F, T> {
    n: usize,
    orgn: usize,
    unit: T,
    mem: Vec<T>,
    operator: F
}

impl<F, T> SegmentTree<F, T> where
T: std::fmt::Debug + Copy,
F: Fn(T, T) -> T
{
    fn new(n: usize, unit: T, operator: F) -> Self {
        let mut size = 1usize;
        while size < n { size *= 2; }
        Self {
            n: size,
            orgn: n,
            unit: unit,
            mem: vec![unit; size*2-1],
            operator: operator,
        }
    }

    fn find_closed(&self, l: usize, r: usize) -> T {
        self.find(l, r+1)
    }

    fn find(&self, l: usize, r: usize) -> T {
        self._find(l, r, 0, 0, self.n)
    }

    fn set(&mut self, pos: usize, val: T) {
        let mut pos = pos + self.n - 1;
        self.mem[pos] = val;
        while pos > 0 {
            pos = self._parent(pos);
            self.mem[pos] = (self.operator)(self.mem[self._left(pos)], self.mem[self._right(pos)]);
        }
    }

    fn get(&mut self, pos: usize) -> T {
        self.mem[pos + self.n - 1]
    }

    fn _find(&self, a: usize, b: usize, nodenum: usize, l: usize, r: usize) -> T {
        if r <= a || b <= l {
            return self.unit;
        } else if a <= l && r <= b {
            return self.mem[nodenum];
        }
        let left = self._find(a, b, self._left(nodenum), l, (l+r)/2);
        let right = self._find(a, b, self._right(nodenum), (l+r)/2, r);
        (self.operator)(left, right)
    }
    fn _left(&self, k: usize) -> usize {
        2*k+1
    }
    fn _right(&self, k: usize) -> usize {
        2*k+2
    }
    fn _parent(&self, k: usize) -> usize {
        (k-1)/2
    }
}

fn main() {
    let mut n = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut n).ok();
    let n: usize = n.trim().parse().unwrap();
    let mut r = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut r).ok();
    let r: Vec<usize> = r.trim().split_whitespace().map(|s| s.parse::<usize>().unwrap()-1).collect();

    let mut dp = vec![INF; n];
    let mut segtree = SegmentTree::new(n, INF, |x, y| x.min(y));
    dp[n-1] = 0;
    segtree.set(n-1, 0);
    for i in (0..n-1).rev() {
        dp[i] = 1 + segtree.find_closed(i+1, r[i]);
        segtree.set(i, dp[i]);
    }
    println!("{}", dp[0]);
}