How about sotoo--
for i=1:3,hAx(i)=subplot(2,3,i);end % create the 2x3 axes
set(hAx(1),'xtick',[],'ytick',[],'box','on') % no visible axes on first
subplot(hAx(1)) % make first current
text(0.5,0.5,'Some stuff to write','horizontalalign','center') % write something on it
% do something else on the others...
subplot(hAx(2)), bar(rand(4))
subplot(hAx(3)), plot([1:4],rand(4)), xlim([1 4])
