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Proof of a combinatorial equation

How can we use elementary methods to prove that

$$\sum_{i = 2}^{n}{{n \choose i} i! n^{n - i}} = \sum_{i = 1}^{n - 1}{{n \choose i}i^i (n - i)^{n - i}}$$

for any integer $n \geq 0$?

The values of each side for fixed $n$ are 0, 0, 2, 24, 312, 4720, ... (A001864 - OEIS).