#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
long long MOD = 1000000007;
long double EPS = 1e-9;
template <class second, class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<second, T>& p) {
  return os << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")";
}
template <class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const unordered_set<T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class second, class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const unordered_map<second, T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const set<T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const multiset<T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class second, class T>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const map<second, T>& p) {
  os << "[ ";
  for (auto& it : p) os << it << " ";
  return os << "]";
}
template <class T>
void dbs(string str, T t) {
  cerr << str << " : " << t << "\n";
}
template <class T, class... second>
void dbs(string str, T t, second... s) {
  int idx = str.find(',');
  cerr << str.substr(0, idx) << " : " << t << ",";
  dbs(str.substr(idx + 1), s...);
}
template <class T>
void prc(T a, T b) {
  cerr << "[";
  for (T i = a; i != b; ++i) {
    if (i != a) cerr << ", ";
    cerr << *i;
  }
  cerr << "]\n";
}
long long binpow(long long b, long long p, long long mod) {
  long long ans = 1;
  for (; p; p >>= 1) {
    if (p & 1) ans = ans * b % mod;
    b = b * b % mod;
  }
  return ans;
}
void pre() {}
void solve() {
  long long n;
  cin >> n;
  priority_queue<int> pq;
  int lin;
  cin >> lin;
  for (long long i = 0; i < n - 1; ++i) {
    int x;
    cin >> x;
    pq.push(x);
  }
  int ans = 0;
  while (lin <= pq.top()) {
    int tt = pq.top();
    pq.pop();
    lin++;
    tt--;
    ans++;
    pq.push(tt);
  }
  cout << ans << '\n';
}
signed main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.tie(0);
  pre();
  int t = 1;
  for (int i = 1; i <= t; i++) {
    solve();
  }
}
