Ian,
you can set the initial value to increment from when setting up your table like so:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `tablename`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tablename` (
fields go here
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=5000 ;
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