Remove consecutive duplicate values from a list while preserving the order of first occurrences. Non-consecutive duplicates should remain in the result.

Examples:

Input: nums = [1,1,2,3,3,3,2,2,1] Output: [1,2,3,2,1] Explanation: Consecutive duplicates are removed, but non-consecutive duplicates remain Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,5] Output: [1,2,3,4,5] Explanation: No consecutive duplicates exist in the input Input: nums = [1,1,1,1] Output: [1] Explanation: All consecutive duplicates removed, leaving one element
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