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HTML

<ul id="flowtabs">
    <li><a class="active">Item 1</a></li>
    <li><a class="active">Item 2</a></li>
    <li><a class="active">Item 3</a></li>
    <li><a class="active">Item 4</a></li>
    <li><a class="active">Item 5</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

li
{
    border:1px dotted #000000;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(
    function ()
    {
        var firstFound = false;

        $('#flowtabs li a.active').filter(function(i) { return i > 0; }).parent('li').css('border', 'none');
        }
    );