// arulas ures szakaszai.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
//

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>

using namespace std;

struct adat
{
    long long indul, erkezik;
};
deque<adat >x;
long long i, n,a,b,m,db;
bool t;

int main()
{
    cin >> n>>m;
    x.resize(n + 1);
    for (i = 1; i <= m; ++i)
    {
        cin >> a >> b;
        x[a].indul++;
        x[b].erkezik++;
    }
    x[1].erkezik = x[1].indul;
    for (i = 2; i <=n; ++i)
    {
        if (x[i].erkezik == 0)
        {
            x[i].indul =x[i].indul + x[i - 1].indul;
        }
        else if (x[i].erkezik)
        {
            x[i].indul = x[i].indul + (x[i - 1].indul-x[i].erkezik);
        }
        if (x[i].indul == 0&&x[i-1].indul>0)
        {
            db++;
            t = true;
        }
        /*else if (t && x[i].indul)
        {
            t = true;
        }*/
        
    }
    cout << db;
    
    return 0;
}
/*
10 4
8 9
1 6
1 3
3 4
*/
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