[wp-hackers]Treat most recent post differently to the rest

[Alex Hempton-Smith]

Hi all,
On my category archives page, I'm outputting the first post into a different
HTML structure, and then outputting the rest of them below that as normal.

<?php
$recentPosts = new WP_Query();
$recentPosts->query('showposts=1');

while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post();
?>
DOING SOMETHING WEIRD TO THE MOST RECENT POST HERE
<?php
endwhile;

while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
OUTPUTTING THE REST NORMALLY HERE
<?php endwhile; ?>

Because I've already outputted that most recent post, how do I exclude it
from the main output below that?
Almost like offset the output to start 1 post later than the most recent
ones.

Hope this makes sense :)

Many thanks,
-- Alex